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...commutation Clinton gave to Susan Rosenberg, who was convicted in 1984 of carrying explosives and weapons for the Weather Underground. One of Rosenberg's guns was bought with fake ID by Linda Sue Evans, who also took part in the 1983 bombing of an empty room at the U.S. Capitol to protest the invasion of Grenada. Clinton's order freed both from prison...
...tries not to let it show. Clinton is beaming Tuesday morning as she walks briskly through the tunnel connecting the Capitol to the Dirksen Senate Office Building. She has just given her first speech on the Senate floor, a call for more affordable health care (and a typically proud move, given her history on the subject). No matter that only a couple of other Senators drifted in to hear it; the New York press pack that surrounds her afterward wants to talk about the speech, not the scandal. That's a good way to start...
...rushes up to shake her hand. "Hi, dear, how are you!" Clinton gushes. "I was just in Watertown yesterday." Next comes a New York City stockbroker skeptical of the Bush tax cut, then a delegation from Kyrgyzstan, then an environmental lobbyist. It happens whenever she walks about Capitol Hill--scandal or no, Hillary remains a celebrity. Most Senators have aides brief them during walks to hearings; Clinton has given that up for the most part and budgeted more time for trips because of the constant interruptions. ("We're learning all the rules of the Senate," she explains, "and then those...
...provide a compelling ruling for law enforcement agents looking for a prosecutorial green light. And for the rest of the answer we turn to the wonderful world of political action committees. The Church of Christ, Scientist, whose members are fiercely opposed to medical intervention, is a powerful voice on Capitol Hill as well as in local town halls; the church's lobbying efforts have kept reforms at bay in most states for years. And even for the reform-minded, there are public relations hurdles to overcome; secular challenges to the autonomy of Chuch teachings are often successfully depicted...
...easier for a Republican president to make big moves on the military than for a Democrat, because the generals can't very well go running to Capitol Hill and complain that guys like Cheney and Rumsfeld don't know what they're doing. So the military is pretty nervous, because they realize that this may be the beginning of a major retooling of the armed forces...