washingtonpost.com - In The LoopLatest news on the US federal government. Information and analysis of federal legislation, government contracts and regulations. Search for government job openings, career information and federal employee benefits news.Unanswered Questions in Tillman Report- July 15, 2008 Congressional investigators could not determine when senior Pentagon and White House officials learned the details of the "friendly fire" death of Pat Tillman, the Army Ranger and former NFL player, and what role they may have played in the misleading release of information about the 2004...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/335630852/AR20... The Sector Where the Energy Is- July 15, 2008 You're nobody in Washington these days unless you're part of a coalition that's lobbying on energy prices.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/335630853/AR20... Money Was Anything Said About Money- July 14, 2008 A lobbyist and onetime Bush "pioneer" was surreptitiously taped by the Times of London suggesting that a foreign dignitary looking to meet with senior White House officials contribute a "couple of hundred thousand dollars" to the Bush library being built at Southern Methodist University.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/334773489/AR20... Spending Bill Suggests Long Stay in Afghanistan- July 14, 2008 Congress has quietly used fiscal 2008 legislation on military construction to signal that it plans on a long-term military presence in Afghanistan.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/334711784/AR20... Iran Apparently in Possession of Photoshop- July 11, 2008 It's customary for nations to do a bit of chest-thumping as they are about to begin negotiations, which Iran has agreed to consider in a meeting next week with European Union official Javier Solana . The idea is to do something that your opponents will see as a sign of strength before talks begin,...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/332232262/AR20... That's One Successful Negotiation, Medium Rare- July 10, 2008 The famed House taco salad, which draws hungry patrons from both sides of the Capitol every Wednesday, may soon be available on the Senate side of the complex.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/331407105/AR20... Just Goes to Show: No One Can Party All the Time- July 10, 2008 Here's the latest eye-popping item in the Only-in-Downtown- Washington Department: Karen Hughes, the onetime indispensable communications aide to President Bush, has been hired by Mark J. Penn, the onetime indispensable aide to President Bill Clinton and, more recently, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/331318169/AR20... Mukasey Vows Smooth Transition At Justice for Next Administration- July 10, 2008 Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey yesterday pledged to use the final six months of his tenure to guard against political interference in Justice Department operations and ensure a smooth transition to the next administration.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/331277240/AR20... Sorry About That 'Political Dilettante' Part, Mr. Prime Minister- July 9, 2008 Six months to go and the wheels seem to be seriously wobbling on the Bush administration. First, the White House had to apologize to South Korea for announcing prematurely that President Bush would be visiting that country in conjunction with his trip to the Olympics in Beijing.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/330312717/AR20... Billings Used Dead Doctors' Names- July 9, 2008 Medicare has paid as much as $92 million since 2000 to medical suppliers who billed the government for wheelchairs and other home equipment purportedly prescribed by physicians who, according to records, were dead at the time, congressional investigators said yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/330312716/AR20... |