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A master class in White House gate-crashing
July 30, 2010 A two-week run of spectacular press catapulted the meritless Tareq and Michaele Salahi to worldwide fame, but things have unfortunately settled down (once Tiger pushed them off center stage). They can only hope -- and it's by no means certain -- that their scheduled Jan. 20 testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee will kick off a much-needed second round of full-frontal media frenzy.
In the Loop: Alberto Gonzales reflects on the Bush years
July 30, 2010Keeping up with a perennial Loop Favorite . . . Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales, the former attorney general, is now contentedly ensconced in his poli-sci teaching gig at Texas Tech in Lubbock. Gonzales is one of about 20 people -- including former U.N. nuke inspector in chief Mohamed ElBaradei, Yao Ming, Robert Caro and Jerry Lee Lewis -- who help us reflect on weighty matters in Esquire's ninth annual Meaning of Life issue, the January edition, out next week.
Obama, like Bush and Clinton, puts off embassy move to Jerusalem
July 30, 2010President Obama and his family did the traditional lighting of the White House Christmas tree Wednesday on the Ellipse. That same day he continued the more recent, lower-key tradition, begun by Bill Clinton and followed by George W. Bush, of approving a waiver every six months to legislation that calls for the government to begin moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
In the Loop: Where are the female Obama appointees?
July 30, 2010President Obama was chastised a couple of months ago for his all-male basketball games and golf outings. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at the time that "the point's well taken."
In the Loop
July 30, 2010 This month marks the 10th anniversary of the Clinton administration's cavalier handover of the Panama Canal -- leaving an alleged front for the Chinese Red Army in control of the strategic passage -- despite the strong misgivings of some top foreign policy experts.
In the Loop: Who should get Obama's Nobel Prize money?
July 30, 2010President Obama is finally set to announce his Afghanistan plan. He's likely to call Tuesday night for what used to be called an escalation, and is now called a "surge," of about 30,000 troops in that mess of a country.
CIA cookbook dishes up spy tales
July 30, 2010And now, just in time for the holidays, here's something for that special someone who has everything: It's the CIA's latest cookbook, "More Spies, Black Ties & Mango Pies." This is the sequel to the spy agency's out-of-print 1997 cookbook. The bureaucracy moves slowly, it seems, or maybe good cooking just takes time.
In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington
July 30, 2010Washington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting science, since there's always the risk of a food fight.
A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan
July 30, 2010 There was much media chatter about President Obama's deep bow to Emperor Akihito in Japan over the weekend. Critics, especially the overwrought on the Web, even likened it to treason.
In the Loop: C Street house no longer fully tax-exempt
July 30, 2010The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.
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