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In the Loop: Where are the female Obama appointees?
September 3, 2010 President Obama was chastised a couple of months ago for his all-male basketball games and golf outings. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said at the time that "the point's well taken."
In the Loop
September 3, 2010This month marks the 10th anniversary of the Clinton administration's cavalier handover of the Panama Canal -- leaving an alleged front for the Chinese Red Army in control of the strategic passage -- despite the strong misgivings of some top foreign policy experts.
In the Loop: Who should get Obama's Nobel Prize money?
September 3, 2010President Obama is finally set to announce his Afghanistan plan. He's likely to call Tuesday night for what used to be called an escalation, and is now called a "surge," of about 30,000 troops in that mess of a country.
CIA cookbook dishes up spy tales
September 3, 2010And now, just in time for the holidays, here's something for that special someone who has everything: It's the CIA's latest cookbook, "More Spies, Black Ties & Mango Pies." This is the sequel to the spy agency's out-of-print 1997 cookbook. The bureaucracy moves slowly, it seems, or maybe good cooking just takes time.
In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington
September 3, 2010 Washington is a town where lots of folks have a "history" with one another -- a history that's not always the most pleasant. That makes the task of holiday dinner-party seating an especially exacting science, since there's always the risk of a food fight.
A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan
September 3, 2010There was much media chatter about President Obama's deep bow to Emperor Akihito in Japan over the weekend. Critics, especially the overwrought on the Web, even likened it to treason.
In the Loop: C Street house no longer fully tax-exempt
September 3, 2010The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.
The tax man comes for C Street residence
September 3, 2010The famous rowhouse on C St. S.E., where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real estate taxes, according to city officials.
In the Loop: Commerce Secretary Locke critical of visa process
September 3, 2010 Commerce Secretary Gary Locke is off to Asia this week, stopping in Singapore to join Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for some regional meetings and then head off with her and President Obama to Beijing. That should give her plenty of time to chat with him about his repeated -- and unusually public -- criticisms of the visa-issuance process. He has said that the procedures needlessly block foreign businessmen. Last we checked, visas were Clinton's domain, not Locke's.
No monkey business around Ms. Goodall
September 3, 2010Don't forget! Today's the day to see famous primate expert Jane Goodall, speaking at 3 p.m. at the Interior Department's headquarters auditorium.
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