<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Players</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/fedpage/players?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><description>Players</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[Bush Adviser Is 'a Jack of All Trades']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7771-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7771-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Operating out of his office on the second floor of the West Wing, Claude A. Allen, one of the most senior African American members of the administration, advises Bush on the nation's sprawling domestic agenda.]]></description><author> Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a New Face On Conservatism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54940-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54940-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) is leading the charge for conservative principles on Capitol Hill with the even tones and polite demeanor of his Midwest upbringing.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biologist Fights to Get Job Back]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15056-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15056-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Andy Eller has mounted a one-man campaign against what he says is a corrupt system within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that favors politically wired real estate developers over, well, fish and wildlife.]]></description><author> Manuel Roig-Franzia</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Detail Guy With a Broad Perspective]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eric M. Ueland finesses the rules as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's chief of staff.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Faith-Based Mission for Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24466-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24466-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There can be only so many ways to make a big first impression on the president of the United States, but it's a safe bet that no one else has used the tactic inadvertently discovered by H. James Towey.]]></description><author> Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing Nevada, National Interests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52469-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52469-2005Jan31.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. Harry M. Reid, at times, has had to balance his party's national political agenda against his state's more parochial economic interests.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Uncle Sam to Be a Better Buyer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24738-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24738-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While David Safavian, the Bush administration's new chief for government-wide procurement policy, cooled his jets waiting for Senate confirmation, federal contracting got hot.]]></description><author> Stephen Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[General Again Has A Front-Row Seat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22252-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22252-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman  will quietly step back into the public spotlight at Thursday's inauguration, when he escorts President Bush out of the Capitol. Jackman is also coordinating the thousands of military personnel involved in ceremonies across the city, as well as the thousands of others looking after Inauguration Day's security.]]></description><author> Brian Faler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting Some Heat on Bush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In his worn navy windbreaker, 63-year-old climatologist James E. Hansen looks more like the Iowa farm native that he is than a rebel -- but he's both.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil Rights Commissioner Marches in Different Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14271-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14271-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gerald A. Reynolds, the new chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, described himself this way: "I am not a civil rights activist."]]></description><author> Darryl Fears</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spy-Turned-Author Looks Back at CIA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7714-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7714-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After departing unhappily from the CIA in 2002 Mahle is the latest in a parade of disillusioned spies to write a memoir, pitching herself into the debate over what is wrong with American intelligence.]]></description><author> Steve Coll</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[USAID Director Keeps an Eye on Long-Term Recovery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51594-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51594-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For Andrew S. Natsios, every day is a crisis. <br>As the official in charge of U.S. assistance to the entire world, Natsios daily faces the challenges of how to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan, organize reconstruction in Iraq despite a deadly insurgency, provide famine relief for Sudan and...]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Beyond Enforcement at the EPA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45645-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45645-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The sofa in Nikki Tinsley's office in the Environmental Protection Agency sports one of those fluffy little pillows with needlepoint lettering that you expect to say "Home Sweet Home." A closer look reveals something much saucier: "If You Obey All the Rules, You Miss All the Fun."]]></description><author> Dale Russakoff</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guiding Disaster Aid in The Post-Sept. 11 Era]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28022-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28022-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Michael D. Brown is a startling sight in coat, tie and polished leather shoes. Much more familiar is Brown in muddy work boots and navy windbreaker emblazoned in gold with the letters FEMA.]]></description><author> Ceci Connolly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipeline to the President For GOP Conservatives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23206-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23206-2004Dec23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tim Goeglein's self-described White House mission is one that would certainly delight the Barry Goldwaters of the world: catering to the purveyors of modern "American conservatism."]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA's Future Is Rising From 'the Swamp']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64600-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64600-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Associate Administrator Craig E. Steidle, the retired Navy rear admiral who runs NASA's not-so-new-anymore Office of Exploration Systems, went to work for NASA after the top brass lured him in as a consultant.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resident Thinker Given Free Rein]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59795-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59795-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pete Wehner has the rarest of White House jobs. He is paid to read, to think, to prod, to brainstorm -- all without accountability.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Johanns: A Farm-Raised USDA Choice]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53510-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53510-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bush's nominee to head the Department of Agriculture is a man who, by all accounts, is risk-averse and knows his beef and corn as leader of one of the nation's largest agricultural states.]]></description><author> Lois Romano</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walk Softly and Carry a Rubber Stick]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13199-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13199-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John C. Danforth, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, describes himself as a straight-talking "Midwest guy" who has been thrust into a world of diplomatic doublespeak where nonsensical rules are the norm.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Under the Radar'  -- Up Till Now]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56980-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56980-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/players</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Margaret Spellings, who was named Wednesday as secretary of education, arrived in Washington from Texas four years ago as a divorced single mother and member of the inner palace guard around President Bush.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item></channel></rss>