<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Nation and Politics</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/nationpolitics?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><description>Nation and Politics</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[Lessons in 'Gilbertology']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12185-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12185-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Previously considered an immature, selfish player, Gilbert Arenas has changed the public's perception of both himself and the woebegone Wizards franchise.]]></description><author> Michael Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital  Services Performed Overseas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12392-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A movement toward greater use of telemedicine is widening the spectrum of care doctors can provide from afar and enabling more outsourcing of services overseas.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12416-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12416-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.]]></description><author> R. Jeffrey Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[COAST TO COAST]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Illinois Lawmakers Aim to Get Students to Take a Load Off <br>Illinois students need to lighten up.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Southwest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12548-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12548-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ariz. Police Consider Primate Protege <br> Picture this SWAT team scenario: It's Day Two of a hostage crisis. The suspect hasn't made contact with authorities for hours. Police have no idea if he's awake, if his hostages are injured, or what kind of weapons he's carrying. How do they know what to do next?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enrollment in ROTC Down 16 Percent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12418-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nationwide enrollment has slipped over the past two years, leaving the program, which commissions more than six of every 10 new Army officers each year, with its fewest participants in nearly a decade.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12440-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12440-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Talk Shows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12393-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12393-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  <em>Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12545-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12545-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Law Firm in Vioxx Case Backed Judge in Race <br>    MONTGOMERY, Ala.  --   The judge handling the first wrongful death trial over the pain reliever Vioxx received $60,000 in campaign contributions last year from political action committees funded by the law firm that filed the lawsuit.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.N. Chief's Record  Comes Under Fire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12395-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12395-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS  --  In eight years as U.N. secretary general, Kofi Annan has come as close to superstardom as a diplomat can get  --  lauded on the cover of Time, sharing the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize with the organization he leads and becoming known as the "secular pope" for his advocacy for peace and the poor.]]></description><author> Colum Lynch</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rights Groups Reject Prison Abuse Findings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12400-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/nationpolitics</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:26:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Human rights groups  expressed dismay yesterday over the Army's findings exonerating U.S. generals of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and renewed requests for an independent probe to examine the culpability of senior military and civilian defense officials.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item></channel></rss>