AFP - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday promised Israeli and Palestinian leaders his full support seeking to overcome deep doubts on whether new peace talks can yield a hoped-for accord next year.
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AP - As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney issued no pardons, limited lobbying by would-be judges and sought to create a judicial nominating process based solely on merit.
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AP - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday will become the first Democratic candidate to open a campaign office in the conservative-leaning state of Utah.
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Reuters - Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist will join newly private equity firm Cressey &
Company LP as a partner, the firm said on Tuesday, in charge of
making new investments in health care companies and providing
expertise to portfolio companies.
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AFP - Senator Edward Kennedy, the elder statesman of the US political clan scarred so often by tragedy, is to publish his memoirs in a deal reportedly worth eight million dollars.
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Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Senator Trent Lott is weighing a new
career as a lobbyist when he retires from Congress and may team
up with his former colleague John Breaux, the Mississippi
Republican’s son said.
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Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Senator Trent Lott is weighing a new
career as a lobbyist when he retires from Congress and may team
up with his former colleague John Breaux, the Mississippi
Republican’s son said.
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U.S. News & World Report - 1. Jon Llewellyn Kyl was born in Oakland, Neb., on April 25, 1942. His father, John Henry Kyl, was a Republican congressman from Iowa (serving in the House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973).
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AP - When John Edwards returned to his alma mater in 2005 to found a poverty think tank, the multimillionaire attorney sought more than just a salary: He also wanted tickets to University of North Carolina sporting events.
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AP - Rudy Giuliani dismissed a report Wednesday that he expensed the cost of his security detail to obscure city offices for trips to a Long Island resort as the then-mayor began an extramarital affair with current wife Judith Nathan.
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