washingtonpost.com - Al Kamen's In The Loop ColumnAl Kamen's In the Loop column reports on the latest comings and goings in official Washington,from White House personnel to lobbyists to members of Congress.Taking a Meeting, Baghdad-Style- September 28, 2007 Just because things are pretty much peachy in Baghdad doesn't mean there aren't small areas of the city where you might want to be careful, take note of your surroundings, avoid darkened areas and so on.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/27/AR2007092701965.html?nav=r... This Time, He Really Was Railroaded- September 26, 2007 Once he had a whole list of countries to invade, a huge security detail, choppers overhead guarding him, and an entourage of aides and gofers. Until the recent unpleasantness, he was the world's banker, greeted as a head of state when he traveled abroad, often in his own chartered plane.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092502169.html?nav=r... A Ballistic Missile Base to Call Your Own- September 21, 2007 Are you looking for that special gift for someone who has everythinghttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/20/AR2007092002194.html?nav=r... Of Course the President Remembers You!- September 19, 2007 Okay, so maybe we're a little slow sometimes picking up on real news. But at least our memory is a tad better than President Bush's.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801780.html?nav=r... A Tree in AG Contender's Past Could Needle Democrats- September 14, 2007 Usually, senators and their staffs pore over the past legal writings and scholarly pronouncements of nominees for attorney general to glean clues as to the person's abilities and inclinations. But one possible nominee might give the lawmakers a whole new body of work to explore.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/13/AR2007091302166.html?nav=r... Tracing the Footsteps Before the Foot Taps- September 12, 2007 Sen. Larry Craig continues to work against his own Sept. 30 deadline -- he might want to give himself some wiggle room on that -- for having his guilty plea to disorderly conduct revoked.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/11/AR2007091102216.html?nav=r... Hello, Sailor!- September 7, 2007 Late last year, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a former member of the Capital Yacht Club in Southwest Washington and an excellent boater, was buying a fine, used 38-foot Chris Craft motorboat and looking to rejoin the most exclusive club and moor the boat there.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602430.html?nav=r... One of These Things Is Not Like the Other . . .- September 5, 2007 Shoulda known better. We take off a couple of weeks and the hoo-ha hits the blades.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090401928.html?nav=r... |