Acting Customs Commissioner Charles Winwood tells us that his border police are on it. At a minimum, the equipment is being disinfected. Most of that stuff can be cleaned up. Winning a top security clearance in the government has become so drawn out that many seeking them are finding other jobs. Robert Lieberman, the Pentagon's deputy inspector general, told Congress last week that part of the problem is a near halving of the security review staff.
Delays can happen to anyone.
It never ends Democratic scandal figure James Riady, who last month pleaded guilty to using foreign corporate funds to back former President Clinton 's 1992 campaign, is in the gun sights of the Arkansas Republican Party. It wants an investigation. Separation papers Senior Bush aides are putting the squeeze on Senate Republicans who aren't committed to the president's tax cut and budget. Vote wrong and forget those White House favors. But since then he has had trouble regaining the limelight, despite a multimillion-dollar ad campaign promoting school choice and a failed bid to host a presidential campaign debate on education.