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A Letter Is No Substitute for a Personal Chat, Waxman Tells Rice

Rep. Henry Waxman says he still has some questions for Condoleezza Rice.
Rep. Henry Waxman says he still has some questions for Condoleezza Rice. (By George Widman -- Associated Press)
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Turns out Mulally has now apologized. No, not for saving Bush's life, but for making up the story, which he told reporters last week at the New York auto show. The yarn was first reported by the Detroit News, then picked up by others, including the Financial Times.

Mulally, in a statement, said he'd seen a humorous video of the "plug-in demonstration" and "I tried to tell a joke about it. It never occurred to me that it would get such wide play or be taken seriously."

Mulally did lead Bush over to the vehicle, a Ford spokesman said, but Bush was never in any danger.

Another Ford official said that Mulally, who was paid $28 million in his first four months running the company, has "a great sense of humor."

Well, he can afford it.

Snow 'Really Doing Well'

Update and good news from the White House about spokesman Tony Snow, who's on leave battling a recurrence of colon cancer.

Deputy press secretary Dana Perino told reporters that she talked to Snow Wednesday morning and that "he is really doing well. He is so optimistic, but not only that, he has recovered almost fully from the surgery, and he's really optimistic about his choices for treatment -- that he's not ready to announce yet, but it sounds very encouraging."

Meanwhile, Catholic University says Snow will be the school's commencement speaker on May 12.

Prince Not-So-Charming?

Far from the heat in the Saudi desert, things have gotten a bit chilly of late here in Washington for our old friend Prince Bandar bin Sultan. Bandar, former longtime ambassador to Washington and now national security adviser to King Abdullah, had been shuttling back and forth from Riyadh on roughly a monthly basis.

Then it seemed he was showing up increasingly on a weekly basis, to schmooze at the highest levels of the White House. But since Abdullah made that crack last month at an Arab League summit about the United States' "illegitimate foreign occupation" of Iraq, the Bush administration's patience has apparently worn a bit thin.


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