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.The New Neighbors Sure Like Black SUVs- January 30, 2008 Never too early to begin transition planning. So there were Vice President Cheney and spouse Lynne out in McLean on Sunday afternoon, strolling about the house they're building in that tony suburb.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012903154.html?nav=r... All Right -- I'll Vote for Me, Too- January 25, 2008 With Congress deadlocked over how to fill four open seats on the Federal Election Commission, the two remaining commissioners sat surrounded by empty chairs yesterday during their first meeting of the year, our colleague Matthew Mosk reports.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012403115.html?nav=r... Opinions Do Not Reflect Those of the Management- January 23, 2008 J ay Lefkowitz-- President Bush's special envoy on North Korean human rights, or lack thereof -- sure created a fuss last week when he said the Commie regime of Kim Jong Il isn't serious about disarming and probably will still have nukes when a new president takes over, despite four years of six-party talks involving Washington, both Koreas, China, Japan and Russia.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012203466.html?nav=r... Next Time, Skip the Appointment- January 18, 2008 When last we saw former congressman Mark Deli Siljander, he was at the Dec. 19 opening downtown of "Charlie Wilson's War," the movie about the heroic former Texas lawmaker's efforts to get the Soviets out of Afghanistan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011702973.html?nav=r... Winning Answers to a Burning Question- January 16, 2008 And now, the winners of the In the Loop contest to guess the real target of that suspicious fire last month in Vice President Cheney's office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503435.html?nav=r... Longing for the Land of Beer and Chocolate- January 11, 2008 One of President Bush's most high-profile recess appointees, Ambassador to the European Union C. Boyden Gray-- is back in Washington and, for the moment, out of a job.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/10/AR2008011003410.html?nav=r... Run for President of Afghanistan Zalmay, Zalmay Not.- January 9, 2008 Seems everyone is riveted to news reports about the presidential campaign here. Everyone, that is, except some folks at the United Nations, where persistent chatter has it that Zalmay Khalilzad, our ambassador to the U.N., is also thinking of running for president . . . of Afghanistan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010803845.html?nav=r... |