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Diplo Wives Expected Red Carpet
The Kerry campaign likes to hail Sen. John F. Kerry's credentials as making him the more worldly candidate, more appreciative, maybe more sensitive to matters international.
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2 NDU Students Get 'Equivalent' of Rejection (The Washington Post, Aug 13, 2004)
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Enter and Win: What Makes Alan Run? (The Washington Post, Aug 11, 2004)
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A Nomination on Hold (The Washington Post, Aug 9, 2004)
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English, a Battleground State (The Washington Post, Aug 6, 2004)
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Capitol Hell (The Washington Post, Aug 4, 2004)
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Apparently you couldn't prove that to a group of ambassadors' wives -- including at least one from a NATO ally -- who groused at dinner a week ago Saturday about how the Democrats treated them at the national convention in Boston.
Foreign dignitaries often attend the conventions as honored guests. But a source at the dinner said the wives "were appalled that they got the very last seats in the house" way up in the nosebleed section at FleetCenter. Imagine that climb in heels!
"They wondered if it's a reflection of how the Democrats feel about them," our source said. Now they're waiting to see how the Republicans are going to do in New York.
Stay tuned.
No Red-Carpet Jobs in Iraq
Attention Iraqi job seekers!
Opportunities are quickly expanding at the U.S. Agency for International Development in Baghdad. These are jobs that, as the USAID Web site says, give you "an opportunity to use your skills in a learning environment that promotes free thinking, presents challenges, and makes a real impact."
The first few openings were for drivers in the agency motor pool, which can be a challenging, perhaps too challenging, job in Iraq. But there are new jobs being posted. One is for a claims processor, another for a receptionist, a third for a travel agent to handle agency travel matters and, finally, one for a "field power engineer," who will actually be out there helping to rebuild the nation's electric grid.
Are They Weaving Red Carpets for GOP?
Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge took some flak from Democrats in Iowa last week for stopping off at the site of the Iowa state fair and deeming it "safe." The critics said the visit to check out security in a battleground state not heretofore known as a hotbed of terrorist activity was "little more than a photo opportunity."
Remember, though, as Ridge said of his department, "we don't do politics," and Iowa is critical as a center for the nation's food supply. Besides, those of us from the Midwest know state fairs are important cultural sites that could be targeted.
