Helms to retire from Senate at end of term
North Carolinas Sen. Jesse Helms 79, warned age influences his decision to not seek re election in 2002 for a sixth term. He noted he would be 88 if elected and served to 2003 ending a 30 year Senate career. Helms spoke at WRAL TV with friends and family and planned to watch with wife Dorothy at Lake Gaston.
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N.C
Jesse Helms
Capitol Hill
Wral-Tv
Helms
Senate
R-N.c
US Senate
Wral TV
Kinship links in Bush administration job picks
Washington observers note kinship influences in presidential appointments with figures like J Strom Thurmond Jr and Janet Rehnquist among nominees. While many come qualified, family ties and name recognition often help. experts say merit plus opportunity drive selection in a broad Washington “political class.”
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Rehnquist
Strom Thurmond
Scalia
Powell
Bush
Paul Light
Brookings Institution
Sen
J. Strom Thurmond Jr
U.S
South Carolina
Thurmond
Beltway
White House
Kennedy
Robert
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
John
Clinton
Marshals Service
Thurgood Marshall Jr
Philip J. Perry
Dick Cheney
Justice Department
Perry
Department
Clinton discussed Rich pardon in late term talks with Barak
Transcripts show former President Clinton telling Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak he was weighing a pardon for billionaire fugitive Marc Rich and warned the act would provoke controversy. The notes note Barak raised Rich’s case and Clinton’s remark about his ex wife Denise Rich’s donations to the Clinton library foundation.
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Clinton
Ehud Barak
Marc Rich
Barak
House
Rich
United States
George W. Bush
Dan Burton
R-Ind
Denise Rich
Presidential Library Foundation
Newsweek
Wec
Switzerland
Bush to name Richard Myers as Joint Chiefs chair
President Bush intends to nominate Air Force General Richard Myers, former commander of U S Space Command, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Officials say the choice underscores emphasis on space, technology, and modernization. If confirmed, he would replace Army General Henry Shelton when Shelton steps down September 30.
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Air Force
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Myers
U.S. Space Command
Crawford
Tex
Ari Fleischer
Defense Department
Fleischer
Senate
Henry H. Shelton
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Colin Powell
Federal Communications Commission
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Aiken County
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Sibylle Zeisig
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