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...first conversation that wandered this path struck me as somewhat insulting. But two or three identical conversations later, and having discovered that some congressional interns must give visiting constituents tours of the Capitol, I’ve become slightly more understanding of the assumption, but only slightly...
...bigger picture has become impossible to ignore. Bush's timetable is being revised for him by an economy that keeps sputtering, fresh violence in the other troubled quarter of the Middle East, where Palestinian bombers claimed five Americans along with Israeli lives, and new questions about his strategy from Capitol Hill. The pause also came as the Administration's bitterly divided camps on Iraq-one pragmatic, the other jihadist-squared off in another round of the battle they have been waging for weeks via the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post...
...number of key leaders have been invited to Washington next week in search of some agreement over a post-Saddam scenario. Right now there is no U.S.-friendly Iraqi leader who the U.S. could simply install in Baghdad after Saddam's ouster, and there's considerable fear on Capitol Hill (and in the Pentagon) that ousting Saddam could force the U.S. into a long-term occupation of an Arab country...
...water utilities are using such frightening possibilities to engage in an old Washington tradition: lobbying for more money. Local waterworks executives have been wandering Capitol Hill seeking a bigger piece of the pending federal Homeland Security budget. The Bush Administration wants to spend $16 million on protecting the water supply, but the industry estimates it will cost several billion dollars to bury exposed mains and harden security around pumping stations, intake pipes and other critical parts of water-distribution systems. Fire fighters and other emergency units are receiving plenty of attention and money, Curtis points out. "But what happens when...
...airlines and the general aviation community on safety and technological innovation. She also brought organization and analysis to the FAA that allows the agency to spot potential problems before they develop into safety issues. Garvey has also kept a lid on the sometimes petty requests that come from Capitol Hill and she's even transformed some Congressmen into actual promoters of the FAA. Most important, Garvey leaves Blakey with some of the best deputies the FAA has seen in years, including Nicholas Sabatini, who heads the crucial department that issues safety rules and regulations...