The Toughest Cabinet Job in Town
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Why Bush can't seem to find a good Treasury Secretary
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Knocked around by setbacks on three big issues, House Democrats have endured perhaps their toughest week since taking control of the chamber.
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Gordon Brown has managed to tread a fine line in appointing his cabinet. The new British prime minister is putting his own stamp on governmentâbut without adopting a scorched-earth policy toward his predecessor's acolytes.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Leading the majority party in the Senate, a job that has been likened to herding cats, is tough enough in ordinary times. For Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), last week's Republican election triumphs paradoxically made the job tougher yet.
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The outgoing Secretary will not be a tough act to follow. But many veterans feel they need someone who will more effectively push their interests
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The N.Y. governor-elect mixed serious business and razzing among the big egos in the N.Y. delegation.
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.
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Like the man behind the curtain working the levers in the "Wizard of Oz," Dick Cheney has been called the real power in President Bush's administration, perhaps the strongest vice president in U.S. history.
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The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq has made a career of taking on difficult tasks.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: The Tories and their allies in the rightwing media are gloating at the cabinet's inability to handle public politics
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The long-term unemployed are to be targeted by ministers keen to stamp out a "can work but won't work" culture.
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Bernard Kerik is the latest Exhibit A for what happens to anyone considering a senior government job. First, elation. Second, a sense of dread at a vetting process so intrusive it can unearth even the most deeply buried skeletons.
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WHITE HOUSE More than half of President Bush&#39;s Cabinet is on the way out -- but officials say his second-term makeover hasn&#39;t yet run its course.
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Illicit affairs, mob ties, a secret love nest. The hijinks of Bernard Kerik, disgraced just as he aspired to join President Bush&#39;s Cabinet, have also bruised the reputation
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A sweeping review of the way ministers and MPs raise the problems of individual constituents with government departments is under consideration at senior levels of Whitehall
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Likely cabinet reshuffle may shake up politics after former PM and newcomer knock out current leader.