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• DNC: Rudy in Damage Control Mode: Stumps in Granite State While Allies Block Probe on Mob-Linked Friend Bernard Kerik

  - 2007-10-23

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: Dag Vega or Damien LaVera, +1-202-863-8148, both of DNC Kerik-Gate Shows How Rudy Puts Loyalty Ahead of CompetenceWASHINGTON,Oct. 23/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As he files paperwork to get on the ballot in the Granite State today, Rudy Giuliani's allies are trying to distance him from potentially embarrassing allegations about his...

  Tags: consulting, Government, Leadership, New York Times Co., nomination, Outsourcing, Washington Post Co., White House

• Tilting at windmills

  - 2007-09-01

  How to clear your inbox The Small Business Administration canceled 8,000 loans to hurricane victims without notice to the borrowers. When the borrowers sought an explanation, they were told, according to Ron Nixon of the New York Times, "that they had voluntarily given up their loans," which was not...

  Tags: Associated Press, Benefits, borrower, Democrat, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HEALTHCARE, Iraq, job, Leadership, Lehman Brothers Inc., NASA, New York Times Co., SBA, SOFTWARE, soldier, Vietnam, Washington Post Co., White House

• Drug War is 'Not Lost,' Former White House Drug Policy Spokesman Robert Weiner Asserts in Washington Post Invited Rebuttal to Lead 'Outlook' Story

  - 2007-08-22

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• DNC: Must Read: 'An Early Clash Over Iraq Report'

  - 2007-08-16

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Karen Finney or Caroline Ciccone of the Democratic National Committee, +1-202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Democratic National Committee:Today's Washington Post follows up on a story first reported by the Los Angeles Times yesterday that exposed the Bush Administration's plan...

  Tags: Iraq, Republican, Washington Post Co., White House

• US court put limits on spying program: report

  - 2007-08-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — A US federal judge earlier this year secretly ruled that a key element of an electronic spying program was illegal, providing the impetus for a White House push for new legislation to enable government eavesdropping, a US newspaper reported on Friday. The ruling in January held...

  Tags: E-mail, Government, president, U.S. Congress, Washington Post Co., White House

• In Washington, It's Always the Year of the Rat

  - 2007-03-19

  Democrats have leapt on reports of mold, rats and bureaucratic hurdles at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as further proof of President George Bush's failed war policies. To the contrary, the problems at Walter Reed are further proof of the Democrats' failed domestic policies-to wit, the civil service rules that...

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• Tilting at windmills

  - 2006-10-01

  Lessons from TR Karl Rove recently wrote an essay for Time magazine on the lessons to be learned from the life of Teddy Roosevelt. One lesson was not mentioned by Rove. Roosevelt not only served in the Spanish-American War, leading the famous charge up San Juan Hill, but offered...

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• Democratic National Committee: The Bush Deficit Shell Game, 2006 Edition

  - 2006-01-13

  WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee released the following today, regarding the budget deficit:Since President Bush came into office in 2001, his reckless policies have created the largest deficits in American history. His failure to balance the budget combined with his stubborn decision to extend tax...

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• "Roberts Resisted Women's Rights," headlined a front-page Washington Post article examining memos the Supreme Court nominee wrote as a young counsel in the Reagan White House

  - 2005-09-12

  * Roberts Resisted Women's Rights," headlined a front-page Washington Post article examining memos the Supreme Court nominee wrote as a young counsel in the Reagan White House. "Neanderthal," proclaimed NOW president Kim Gandy about Judge Roberts's analyses of a 1983 "comparable worth" lawsuit, the Equal Rights Amendment, and gender-preference proposals....

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• DNC: Gillespie and Thompson Will Ensure a Right-Wing Nominee

  - 2005-07-08

  WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee: "This Business Will Get Out of Control. It Will Get Out of Control and We'll be Lucky to Live Through It" a Gillespie and Thompson Will Ensure a Right-Wing Nominee The White House announced...

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