<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - In the Loop</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><description>In the Loop</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Chao Aiming to Lead the Second-Tier Pack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7682-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7682-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For many years  --  and especially since President Ronald Reagan famously called his secretary of housing and urban development "Mr. Mayor"  --  Cabinet members in the "lower tier" have often fretted about getting the attention they deserve.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoellick Keeps His Head]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2433-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2433-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Deputy Secretary of State    Robert B. Zoellick  went to Khartoum last week to prod the Sudanese government to stop the genocide in Darfur. But a top Sudanese government official apparently had his own diplomatic message about westerners getting mixed up in Sudan's affairs.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Fan Knows His Way Around the Diamond]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61039-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61039-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[And now, the In the Loop Award for political reporting goes to Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell for his insightful coverage of opening day for the Washington Nationals at RFK Stadium and particularly his interview of Nationals President Tony Tavares.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voice of America by Way of Hong Kong]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55134-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55134-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[American corporations, fleeing high labor costs, often head overseas. Turns out, some federal agencies may be doing the same.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DeLay Finds Missing Link]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47849-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47849-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Members of Congress want to ensure that our nation's children understand basic American civics. House Majority Leader    Tom DeLay  (R-Tex.), for example, put a link to the Constitution on his Web site so young people can read the document and simple explanations of what it's about.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No News Is Good News]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35306-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35306-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon often whines about how the U.S. media only harp on the negative in Iraq. But there's some cheery, morale-building news about military-media relations in a recent internal Army study of its operations in the region around Mosul.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear GAO: OGC Is DOA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28300-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28300-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A new Government Accountability Office report sharply criticizes the Bush administration's public diplomacy efforts for failing to develop a coordinated national communications strategy to improve America's image abroad.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truckin' On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23747-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23747-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We're halfway through the famed "60 Stops in 60 Days" tour to tout the Bush administration's ideas on Social Security, and administration officials already have logged more than 100 events in 32 states.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From HHS, the E-Z Way to Raise Teens]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16919-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16919-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Uncertain parents can now turn to the Department of Health and Human Services for advice on how to discuss the tough issues with their children.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running on Empty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10973-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10973-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With gasoline prices at $2.15, having spiked 12 percent in one month and up about 23 percent in a year, there is, at best, muted political tussling.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics' Comeback Kids]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5228-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5228-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Political losers often seem to lose their bearings -- some even retire from the political scene -- and all seem to have had trouble regaining their bearings after their losses. But then there's Alan Keyes and Larry Klayman.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[All in the Family]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's annual employees' meeting,  Commissioner Stuart J. Ishimaru ripped into some of the agency's recent initiatives.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A President Precedent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58178-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58178-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some European allies were decidedly lukewarm to Wolfowitz as the president's pick to head the World Bank, but opposition to his nomination has apparently subsided.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hush-Hush on NIH Connections]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52049-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52049-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Research America, which raises serious bucks for scientific research and does surveys that show Americans want more research on more diseases and are willing to spend whatever it takes, had its annual, black-tie fundraising gala last week at the Willard InterContinental Hotel.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Red in Red, White and Blue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45023-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45023-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Agency for International Development is moving smartly on its "branding" campaign, which is designed to make absolutely sure that people receiving U.S. aid know who it's from.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Swift Kick in the Sinn]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38237-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38237-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA['Tis not going to be your usual St. Paddy's celebration in Washington this year for Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. Past visits here found Adams at the White House, the Capitol and all about town, but this year invitiations have dried up.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasury Department Has That Vacant Look]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31959-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31959-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Department officials have promised that the dozens of job openings at the agency would soon be filled by a new, strong team of replacements, but it's unlikely many of these these jobs will be filled for the next few months  --  even if nominations are imminent.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[That '62 Sedan Was a Real Bomb]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25346-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25346-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Sudan's foreign minister told Al Jazeera television Wednesday that his government wanted to know more about a U.S. nuclear test in Sudan in 1962 that was disclosed last week at a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.N.'s Taller, So He's Moving Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18233-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18233-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite all the hubbub, is the selection of Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton  to be ambassador to the United Nations a big promotion?]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Speech Is Not for The Taking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11943-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11943-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/intheloop</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-Nev.) rallied the faithful at the GOP's recent Lincoln Day Dinner speech with a blistering attack on liberals who "are trying to divide this country" over Iraq.]]></description><author> Al Kamen</author></item></channel></rss>
