An Ending and a Beginning for 9/11 Firefighter
“Pete will tell me, ‘I can have a hundred guys show me a graph or a flow chart about how something is going to work, but it wouldn’t tell me how it’s going to affect the actual people on the ground,'”
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Capitol Police Recall Roles on Day of Attacks
“People were running everywhere, and until the Air Force came overhead — that’s when I felt safe,” he said.
After 9/11, Safety Became Focus for Bob Ney
This is the same thing. I was in my Longworth personal office. Brett Palmer, who had worked for me at the time … he came running in and he turned the TV on and he said a plane’s hit the tower.
Leaders to Stay Close to Deficit Panel
“All I know is that, so far, the leaders have been supportive of the effort,” he said in a phone interview last week.
‘We Were All in It Together’
“As soon as I hit the parking lot I heard it, too — there was this loud boom, and I saw the Capitol Hill police hit the deck, that’s how loud it was.
Jobs Speech Becomes Latest Round in Scheduling Feud
Within weeks of taking control of the gavel, the Ohio Republican earned a reputation for declining invitations from Obama, including a state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao and a flight on Air Force
Windows Damaged at Rep. Gene Green’s District Office
The Houston Police Department said an air gun is likely to blame for damage caused to Rep. Gene Green’s district office Tuesday morning.
McCain: Gadhafi’s Ouster Is Imminent
“And once our NATO forces, under the leadership of the British and the French and others, became more heavily engaged with the use of air power, I think it was something that was going to happen.”
Huntsman Promotes Himself as Moderate Choice
“This Week.”
Steve King Plays Outsized Role in 2012 Race
But this quadrennial event is different for the Congressman for another reason: King will run to represent Ames in the newly redrawn 4th Congressional district, and his race against Christie Vilsack
The Nothingness of the Iowa Straw Poll
Last week, I canceled my room reservation for the week of the Iowa straw poll. I am not going to Ames.
Tenure as State Senator Primed Bachmann for National Role
“If this is my reward for 28 years of serving, working with people I hated privately but were Republicans anyway, I couldn’t believe it.”
Reid Announces End to FAA Standoff
“This agreement does not resolve the important differences that still remain.
Lawmakers Trade Blame for FAA Shutdown
You leave out the whole context that there’s a gun being held to your head, and that is not fair and that is not right.
NRCC’s Nevada Buy Signals Competitive Race
The Marshall campaign is focusing on its ground game and raising money to stay on the air.
Contentious Style Will Continue in Congress
Last week, I was in Europe, trying to cope with my embarrassment at the spectacle in Congress as we flirted with disaster — a disaster that could have brought down the American economy, the European economy
House Leaves Town Without Resolving FAA Stalemate
Rockefeller was critical of a short-term extension passed July 20 by the House, which would have cut about $16 million from the Essential Air Service program, which provides subsidized air service
Tourists Beat the Heat in D.C.
Langevin is just one of many tourists hanging out on the National Mall this week who are trying to stay cool by heading indoors.
Defense Contracting: The War Dividend
have cost more than $1 trillion between them and continue in one form or another to this day.
Talks Whipsawing Rank and File
“I think there is leftover mistrust from the [continuing resolution] debate and other things that has been heightened by press reports and other reports of just how much the president is willing