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HSPH officials stressed that Sultan’s misconduct did not undercut the academic work that he performed while a professor at Harvard...
...past two elections. These include Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico. A good number of these ten senators will likely find their seats at risk, especially if the Republicans field moderate candidates who can undercut the incumbents on trademark Democratic issues...
...early '90s he led the Palestinian side in the secret negotiations that culminated in Oslo. Under pressure to reform the dysfunctional Palestinian Authority in 2003, Arafat appointed Abbas as Prime Minister. Abbas called for an end to the armed uprising. Unable to compete with Arafat's autocratic ways and undercut by Israel and the U.S., Abbas quit in frustration after four months but worked to position himself as Arafat's likeliest successor...
...These charges undercut months of assertions by Administration officials that the Halliburton contract was on the level," says Democratic Representative Henry Waxman. As the Corps's top contract specialist, the letter says, Greenhouse had noted reservations on dozens of procurement documents over seven years. But it was only after she took exception to the Halliburton deal that she was warned not to do so anymore. The letter states that the major general who admonished her, Robert Griffin, later admitted in a sworn statement that her comments on contracts had "caused trouble" for the Army and that, given the controversy surrounding...
Could DeLay's troubles jeopardize his powerful position in the House and undercut his ambition to be Speaker? A number of Republicans "fear but don't revere" DeLay, says a senior G.O.P. operative, and the combined concerns could surface in mid-November, when House members meet to elect their leaders...