Inside the Beltway News — Thursday
Los Angeles area Rep. Jane Harman had her name floated as the number two at the Department of Transportation, noted in today’s In the Loop column in the Washington Post.
Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that Alaska bigwig Sen. Ted Stevens has headed to Arizona in a U-Haul van with his congressional possessions.
Karl Rove pens a column in today’s Wall Street Journal taking issue with President Obama’s org-chart and operational responsibilities, here.
Elsewhere in the Journal, a U.S. Army deserter is profiled where we learn about his fight to seek asylum in Germany and the assistance he’s received from peace activists and punk rockers.
Finally, in a battle sure to give cheese lovers the blues, the Washington Post reported one of the outgoing Bush Administration’s final acts was to enact a 300% tariff on Roquefort cheese, fizzy Italian water, foie gras and other… Read More