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Covering economic policy, business policy, financial news, economic issues, stock market data, local business, technology and moreenCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyMon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:12 GMTMon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:12 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_in-the-loophttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d6bd353/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cno0Erest0Ein0Ethe0Erestroom0C20A130C0A60C170Cd346b1920Ed78b0E11e20Ea9f20E42ee3912ae0Ae0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>When the Loop wrote last week about the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/senate-womens-restroom-expanding-to-accommodate-historic-numbers/2013/06/11/e0ebc1b0-d29b-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_blog.html">expanding women’s restroom</a> off the Senate chamber, we had no idea just how important a venue we were talking about.</p> <p>Forget stuffy conference rooms or even the Senate floor. It turns out that ladies’ rooms are where plenty of important conversations happen (and they have nothing to do with primping).</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/no-rest-in-the-restroom/2013/06/17/d346b192-d78b-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d6bd353/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fno-rest-in-the-restroom%2F2013%2F06%2F17%2Fd346b192-d78b-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=No+rest+in+the+restroom" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d42ea6d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ccabinet0Enominees0Eleft0Ehanging0C20A130C0A60C130C14451a440Ed42b0E11e20Ea73e0E826d299ff4590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>For some people, summertime means the beach or maybe the mountains, a time to kick back in the shade to catch up on reading or just hang out.</p> <p>But for a few of <strong>President Obama</strong>’s Cabinet nominees, it may mean twisting slowly in those summer breezes, waiting for the Senate to act on their nominations.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cabinet-nominees-left-hanging/2013/06/13/14451a44-d42b-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d42ea6d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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Such is the case in the Senate, where a historic number of female senators has meant traffic jams in the ladies’ room off the Senate floor. Now renovations are underway to make room.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/women-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress/2013/06/12/96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d356ca9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwomen-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Women+in+the+Senate%3A+Flushed+with+progress" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwomen-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Women+in+the+Senate%3A+Flushed+with+progress" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwomen-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Women+in+the+Senate%3A+Flushed+with+progress" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwomen-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Women+in+the+Senate%3A+Flushed+with+progress" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwomen-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress%2F2013%2F06%2F12%2F96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Women+in+the+Senate%3A+Flushed+with+progress" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666648569/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2d356ca9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666648569/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2d356ca9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666648569/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2d356ca9/a2t.img" border="0"/>U S State Departmentstate departmentU S ambassador to LibyaJeanne ShaheenWed, 12 Jun 2013 23:09:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/women-in-the-senate-flushed-with-progress/2013/06/12/96da320c-d393-11e2-8cbe-1bcbee06f8f8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopDan Eggenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d28b034/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ctsa0Etactics0Enot0Eso0Esharp0C20A130C0A60C110C29c110A1e0Ed2a80E11e20Ea73e0E826d299ff4590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Did the Transportation Security Administration have to lose the Great Knife Fight of 2013? Maybe not.</p> <p>Loop Fans may recall that the TSA formally backed off last week from its plan to allow pocketknives on airplanes. The agency reasoned that small knives have been permitted on board in Europe for years without problem and the ban wasted screeners’ — and passengers’ — time.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tsa-tactics-not-so-sharp/2013/06/11/29c1101e-d2a8-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d28b034/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftsa-tactics-not-so-sharp%2F2013%2F06%2F11%2F29c1101e-d2a8-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=TSA+tactics%3A+Not+so+sharp" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tsa-tactics-not-so-sharp/2013/06/11/29c1101e-d2a8-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2d1b8d37/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cis0Eeric0Eholder0Etired0Eyet0C20A130C0A60C10A0C20A33d0A2e0Ed20A10E11e20Ea73e0E826d299ff4590Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>When embattled Attorney General <strong> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/eric-holder/gIQAF5RR9O_topic.html">Eric Holder</a> </strong>said last week that the only reason he’d leave his job was if he got really, really tired — when fatal “fatigue” finally set in — he may have blazed a new trail.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/is-eric-holder-tired-yet/2013/06/10/2033d02e-d201-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/werfel-faces-questions-on-irs-conferences/2013/06/06/59916676-cead-11e2-8f6b-67f40e176f03_story.html?hpid=z1">committee </a>Thursday bashing the Internal Revenue Service over spending about $49 million on conferences from 2010 to 2012 — looking especially at that “Star Trek” parody video at a $4 million conference in 2010 in Anaheim, Calif.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bye-bye-boondoggles/2013/06/06/1f5a2efe-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2cf34cce/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fbye-bye-boondoggles%2F2013%2F06%2F06%2F1f5a2efe-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Bye-bye%2C+boondoggles%3F" 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src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666226965/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2cf34cce/a2t.img" border="0"/>United States district courtU.S. CongressSamantha PowerFri, 07 Jun 2013 02:30:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bye-bye-boondoggles/2013/06/06/1f5a2efe-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ce76175/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cobamas0Esecond0Eterm0Ehope0Echange0Etravel0C20A130C0A60C0A50C4a0A45cec0Ece1f0E11e20E88450Ed970Accb0A44970Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>How can you tell when a president is in his second term? One way might be the amount of time he spends abroad.</p> <p>Second-term presidents, freed from the necessity of courting voters at home — and as they’re increasingly mindful of their legacies, eager to appear statesmanlike on the world stage — tend to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/12/10%20presidential%20travel%20tempas/igspresidential%20travel%20legacy.pdf" target="_blank">travel overseas more frequently</a> than first-termers.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-second-term-hope-change-travel/2013/06/05/4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ce76175/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fobamas-second-term-hope-change-travel%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+second+term%3A+Hope%2C+change%2C+travel" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fobamas-second-term-hope-change-travel%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+second+term%3A+Hope%2C+change%2C+travel" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fobamas-second-term-hope-change-travel%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+second+term%3A+Hope%2C+change%2C+travel" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fobamas-second-term-hope-change-travel%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+second+term%3A+Hope%2C+change%2C+travel" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fobamas-second-term-hope-change-travel%2F2013%2F06%2F05%2F4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+second+term%3A+Hope%2C+change%2C+travel" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666017202/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ce76175/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165666017202/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ce76175/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666017202/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ce76175/a2t.img" border="0"/>Central Intelligence AgencyEd MarkeyThu, 06 Jun 2013 00:53:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-second-term-hope-change-travel/2013/06/05/4a045cec-ce1f-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2cd86bab/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Con0Eweb0Ebe0Ewho0Eyou0Ewant0C20A130C0A60C0A40C96ffc0A9a0Ecd520E11e20E88450Ed970Accb0A44970Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Don’t complain to <strong> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.noaa.gov/sullivan.html">Kathryn Sullivan</a> </strong>about having to travel for work. As an astronaut, Sullivan completed three shuttle missions, and in 1984 she became the first American woman to walk in space.</p> <p>These days, as the acting head of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.noaa.gov/">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a>, she deals with more earth­-bound concerns. But science remains the former oceanographer’s bailiwick.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/on-web-be-who-you-want/2013/06/04/96ffc09a-cd52-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2cd86bab/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fon-web-be-who-you-want%2F2013%2F06%2F04%2F96ffc09a-cd52-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Background+Check%3A+NOAA%E2%80%99s+Kathryn+Sullivan" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165666053154/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2cd86bab/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorGoogle IncDale ChihulyTue, 04 Jun 2013 23:06:45 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/on-web-be-who-you-want/2013/06/04/96ffc09a-cd52-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ca5bb26/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cin0Ethe0Eloop0Ejames0Ecomey0Ea0Etough0Ecookie0C20A130C0A50C30A0C5d81ff540Ec9510E11e20E92450E773c0A123c0A270Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Former Bush II administration deputy attorney general <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/comey-in-line-to-become-fbi-director-officials-say/2013/05/29/7a730b0a-c8af-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html"> <strong>James Comey</strong>’s</a> expected nomination to be FBI director reminds us of a great scene in former colleague <strong>Barton Gellman</strong>’s book “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/Angler-The-Cheney-Vice-Presidency/dp/0143116169">Angler,</a>” which shows just how formidable Comey can be.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-loop-james-comey-a-tough-cookie/2013/05/30/5d81ff54-c951-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ca5bb26/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-james-comey-a-tough-cookie%2F2013%2F05%2F30%2F5d81ff54-c951-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+James+Comey%2C+a+tough+cookie" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665639280/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ca5bb26/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:31:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-loop-james-comey-a-tough-cookie/2013/05/30/5d81ff54-c951-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c96d8bc/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ca0Ejudicial0Equiz0Eto0Edate0Eyou0C20A130C0A50C290C9f748efa0Ec8880E11e20E8da70Ed274bc611a470Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p> <strong>President Obama</strong> is <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/28/obama-to-offer-three-nominees-at-once-to-the-d-c-circuit/">reportedly</a> preparing to nominate three people soon to fill the remaining vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</p> <p>With the confirmation last week of former principal deputy solicitor general <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sri-srinivasan-confirmed-to-serve-on-influential-us-appeals-court-for-dc-circuit/2013/05/23/63946c32-c3e4-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html"> <strong>Sri Srinivasan</strong> </a>, those three, if somehow confirmed, would mean all seats on that court would be filled.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-judicial-quiz-to-date-you/2013/05/29/9f748efa-c888-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c96d8bc/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-judicial-quiz-to-date-you%2F2013%2F05%2F29%2F9f748efa-c888-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+judicial+quiz+to+date+you" target="_blank"><img 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src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665551017/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c96d8bc/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/>The Seattle Timesconfirmation hearingsLisa JacksonThu, 30 May 2013 00:29:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-judicial-quiz-to-date-you/2013/05/29/9f748efa-c888-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loophttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c88d506/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cin0Ethe0Eloop0Egifts0Eand0Emore0Egifts0E0C20A130C0A50C280Ca753d7640Ec79f0E11e20E92450E773c0A123c0A270Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Sometimes, it seems being president is a pretty thankless job — there’s the constant scrutiny, the stress that turns everyone’s hair gray, and the pay? Well, it’s a fraction of what top private-sector jobs offer.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-/2013/05/28/a753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c88d506/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-%2F2013%2F05%2F28%2Fa753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+Gifts+and+more+gifts+.%E2%80%89.%E2%80%89." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-%2F2013%2F05%2F28%2Fa753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+Gifts+and+more+gifts+.%E2%80%89.%E2%80%89." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-%2F2013%2F05%2F28%2Fa753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+Gifts+and+more+gifts+.%E2%80%89.%E2%80%89." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-%2F2013%2F05%2F28%2Fa753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+Gifts+and+more+gifts+.%E2%80%89.%E2%80%89." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fin-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-%2F2013%2F05%2F28%2Fa753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=In+the+Loop%3A+Gifts+and+more+gifts+.%E2%80%89.%E2%80%89." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665556093/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c88d506/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665556093/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c88d506/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665556093/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c88d506/a2t.img" border="0"/>government transparencyEleanor Holmes NortonPresidential Inaugural CommitteeWed, 29 May 2013 00:28:03 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-the-loop-gifts-and-more-gifts-/2013/05/28/a753d764-c79f-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c561585/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cwhat0Eis0Eit0Eabout0Epenny0Epritzker0C20A130C0A50C230C63ce41ae0Ec3e50E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>And here we thought Senate Republicans were sharpening their knives for <strong> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/penny-pritzker/gIQAF4JR9O_topic.html">Penny Pritzker</a> </strong>, the billionaire hotel and real estate magnate nominated by <strong>President Obama </strong>to be commerce secretary. But during her first Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the GOP seemed to have donned kid gloves just for the occasion.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-is-it-about-penny-pritzker/2013/05/23/63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c561585/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhat-is-it-about-penny-pritzker%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What+is+it+about+Penny+Pritzker%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhat-is-it-about-penny-pritzker%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What+is+it+about+Penny+Pritzker%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhat-is-it-about-penny-pritzker%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What+is+it+about+Penny+Pritzker%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhat-is-it-about-penny-pritzker%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What+is+it+about+Penny+Pritzker%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhat-is-it-about-penny-pritzker%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What+is+it+about+Penny+Pritzker%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665162031/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c561585/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665162031/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c561585/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665162031/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c561585/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mitch McConnellU.S. Congresssuper PACThu, 23 May 2013 23:56:59 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-is-it-about-penny-pritzker/2013/05/23/63ce41ae-c3e5-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c484e36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cfrom0Eplanes0Eto0Eframes0C20A130C0A50C220C3b90Ac4640Ec31d0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>It’s hard sometimes to keep track of all your planes. The Army, it seems, “lost” one for a while. </p> <p>Well, not actually lost, according to a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.dodig.mil/pubs/report_summary.cfm?id=5143">May 9 Defense Department inspector general’s </a>report, since it seems to have been used by Army brass (also known as “high priority passengers”) who needed a ride “to give speeches, or attend conferences, meetings” and such.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-planes-to-frames/2013/05/22/3b90c464-c31d-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c484e36/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665072687/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2c484e36/a2t.img" border="0"/>debt limitMitt RomneyHyattThu, 23 May 2013 00:54:46 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-planes-to-frames/2013/05/22/3b90c464-c31d-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c3a6f63/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cthe0Epresident0Ealways0Ethe0Elast0Eto0Eknow0C20A130C0A50C210C2544bf3c0Ec2210E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>This IRS scandal is, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/benghazi-irs-government-spying-on-the-press/2013/05/16/507e051e-be2f-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_blog.html">as expected</a>, getting most interesting.</p> <p>People are asking questions about who knew what when — a variant of Sen. <strong>Howard Baker</strong>’s famous question at the Watergate hearings 40 years ago: “What did the president know, and when did he know it?”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-president-always-the-last-to-know/2013/05/21/2544bf3c-c221-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c3a6f63/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fthe-president-always-the-last-to-know%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F2544bf3c-c221-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=The+president%2C+always+the+last+to+know" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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IRS! Government seizing reporters’ phone records!</p> <p>A scandal trifecta. What our colleague <strong>Karen Tumulty </strong>said looked “like a tea party fever dream.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pick-your-scandalous-poison/2013/05/16/545ea124-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2c06d906/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpick-your-scandalous-poison%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F545ea124-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Pick+your+scandalous+poison" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pick-your-scandalous-poison/2013/05/16/545ea124-be62-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bfb52cb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cthe0Elong0Eview0Eon0Epower0C20A130C0A50C150C97f29e440Ebd8c0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p> <strong>President Obama</strong>’s second-term Cabinet selections have been sharply criticized by just about everyone from Republicans to most every Democratic constituency: women, blacks, gays, Latinos and Asian Americans.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-long-view-on-power/2013/05/15/97f29e44-bd8c-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bfb52cb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664609698/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2bfb52cb/a2t.img" border="0"/>private sectorBarack ObamaWIERSteven ChuThu, 16 May 2013 00:33:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-long-view-on-power/2013/05/15/97f29e44-bd8c-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bec248f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cwhats0Egoing0Eright0Efor0Eobama0C20A130C0A50C140C4550A0A8320Ebbf90E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p> <strong>President Obama </strong>is taking serious incoming these days over Benghazi. (If you missed our colleague <strong>Glenn Kessler</strong>’s Fact Checker column in Saturday’s paper, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/an-alternative-explanation-for-the-benghazi-talking-points-bureaucratic-knife-fight/2013/05/10/22a8df5c-b98d-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_blog.html">look it up</a> — it’s worth reading.) </p> <p>Then there’s the new uproar over the Internal Revenue Service targeting tea party groups. And the Justice Department going after reporters’ phone records.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whats-going-right-for-obama/2013/05/14/45500832-bbf9-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bec248f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fwhats-going-right-for-obama%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F45500832-bbf9-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=What%E2%80%99s+going+right+for+Obama" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whats-going-right-for-obama/2013/05/14/45500832-bbf9-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bdf2b98/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cjohn0Ecameron0Ehave0Eseats0Eat0Eobamas0Etable0C20A130C0A50C130Cd638418c0Ebbce0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Commerce Department General Counsel <strong> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cameron-f-kerry/gIQAaEPEAP_topic.html">Cameron Kerry </a> </strong>— brother of Secretary of State <strong>John Kerry </strong>— will become acting secretary of commerce when the outgoing acting secretary, <strong>Rebecca Blank</strong>, leaves at the end of this month.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-cameron-have-seats-at-obamas-table/2013/05/13/d638418c-bbce-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article 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href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fjohn-cameron-have-seats-at-obamas-table%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fd638418c-bbce-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=John%2C+Cameron+have+seats+at+Obama%E2%80%99s+table" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664494194/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2bdf2b98/kg/355/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664494194/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2bdf2b98/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664494194/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2bdf2b98/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/>U S State DepartmentCameron Kerryfinancial systemJohn KerryTue, 14 May 2013 00:21:01 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-cameron-have-seats-at-obamas-table/2013/05/13/d638418c-bbce-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bb9bd7f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Creport0Enot0Ewarm0Eand0Efuzzy0Eat0Einterior0C20A130C0A50C0A90Cec4653a60Eb8b80E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Too bad there aren’t many words that rhyme with “Benghazi.” Otherwise there might be more poetry about the vagaries of the international diplomacy machine.</p> <p>But there’s at least one poetic ode, courtesy of <strong>Raymond Maxwell</strong>, a deputy assistant secretary at the State Department and one of the four officials placed on leave in December after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost (“thrown under the bus,” as the Web site <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://diplopundit.net/2013/05/08/raymond-maxwell-former-deputy-asst-secretary-removed-over-benghazi-pens-a-poem/">Diplopundit</a>, which first flagged the poem, describes it).</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-not-warm-and-fuzzy-at-interior/2013/05/09/ec4653a6-b8b8-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2bb9bd7f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Freport-not-warm-and-fuzzy-at-interior%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fec4653a6-b8b8-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=And+now%2C+a+Benghazi+poem" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-not-warm-and-fuzzy-at-interior/2013/05/09/ec4653a6-b8b8-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2baf9ce1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ctransparency0Eforecast0Ecloudy0C20A130C0A50C0A80C71a6a90A60Eb7f60E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>The day after he was inaugurated in 2009, <strong>President Obama </strong>issued a “Transparency and Open Government” <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment">memo</a> to all agencies and promised an “unprecedented level of openness in government.”</p> <p>Two months later, Attorney General <strong>Eric Holder</strong>, who heads the enforcement agency for Freedom of Information Act matters, issued <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.justice.gov/ag/foia-memo-march2009.pdf" target="_blank">a memo </a>saying that FOIA requests should be handled “with a presumption of disclosure.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transparency-forecast-cloudy/2013/05/08/71a6a906-b7f6-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2baf9ce1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftransparency-forecast-cloudy%2F2013%2F05%2F08%2F71a6a906-b7f6-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=%E2%80%98Transparency%E2%80%99+forecast%3A+Cloudy" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664149542/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2baf9ce1/a2t.img" border="0"/>former South Carolina governorU S EmbassyHillary ClintonThu, 09 May 2013 00:21:23 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transparency-forecast-cloudy/2013/05/08/71a6a906-b7f6-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ba2e0bd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ca0Esharp0Equestion0Efor0Ethe0Etsa0C20A130C0A50C0A70C0A821b6e0A0Eb7490E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Seems a serious fistfight broke out in the first-class section of an American Airlines flight from San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth last week.</p> <p>“They were actually throwing punches,” Army Brig. Gen. <strong>Jason T. Evans </strong>told a local television reporter. “It was actually a fight,” he said, according to the station’s Web site, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Brigadier-General-recalls-stopping-fist-fight-on-DFW-bound-jet-206053861.html">WFAA.com</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-sharp-question-for-the-tsa/2013/05/07/0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2ba2e0bd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-sharp-question-for-the-tsa%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+sharp+question+for+the+TSA" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-sharp-question-for-the-tsa%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+sharp+question+for+the+TSA" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-sharp-question-for-the-tsa%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+sharp+question+for+the+TSA" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-sharp-question-for-the-tsa%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+sharp+question+for+the+TSA" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-sharp-question-for-the-tsa%2F2013%2F05%2F07%2F0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+sharp+question+for+the+TSA" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017251445/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ba2e0bd/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017251445/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ba2e0bd/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017251445/u/0/f/636598/c/34656/s/2ba2e0bd/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Weinstein CoHarry Trumanintelligence agenciesTue, 07 May 2013 23:05:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-sharp-question-for-the-tsa/2013/05/07/0821b6e0-b749-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b96e2d2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Ca0Estep0Eback0Eon0Ecabinet0Ediversity0C20A130C0A50C0A60C4fcde2320Eb6650E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Important segments of <strong>President Obama</strong>’s base have been <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/obamas-second-term-cabinet-fewer-women-minorities/2013/05/02/439c962c-b32f-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html">hammering</a> him for not appointing enough Latinos and African Americans — and <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/hrc-disappointed-with-no-gay-cabinet-appointment/2013/05/06/4aa5efda-b42f-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_blog.html#pagebreak">no gays </a>— to his second-term Cabinet.</p> <p>Thirty-two years ago, when <strong>Ronald Reagan</strong>’s first-term team was coming together, the Cabinet included one woman, U.N. Ambassador <strong>Jeane Kirkpatrick</strong>, and one African American, Housing and Urban Development Secretary <strong>Samuel Pierce</strong>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-step-back-on-cabinet-diversity/2013/05/06/4fcde232-b665-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b96e2d2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fa-step-back-on-cabinet-diversity%2F2013%2F05%2F06%2F4fcde232-b665-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=A+step+back+on+Cabinet+diversity" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-step-back-on-cabinet-diversity/2013/05/06/4fcde232-b665-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loopAl Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b74c361/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0C20A130C0A50C0A20C6dd62e50A0Eb36e0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>And then there was one.</p> <p>Now that <strong>President Obama </strong>has <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-obama-appointments-pritzker-at-commerce-froman-for-trade-representative/2013/05/02/ca76f7f0-b320-11e2-baf7-5bc2a9dc6f44_story.html">announced</a> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/penny-pritzker/gIQAF4JR9O_topic.html"> <strong>Penny Pritzker</strong> </a>as his pick for commerce secretary and <strong> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-froman/gIQA3Rcv9O_topic.html">Michael Froman</a> </strong>for U.S. trade representative, there’s only a single, lonely vacant slot left in the second-term Cabinet — the Cabinet-rank job of administrator of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.sba.gov/home">Small Business Administration</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2013/05/02/6dd62e50-b36e-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b74c361/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2F6dd62e50-b36e-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_in-the-loop&t=Obama%E2%80%99s+Cabinet+nearly+complete%2C+if+not+completely+diverse" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a 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Kamenhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b66ee5a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cpolitics0Cthe0Eambassador0Ewears0Eprada0C20A130C0A50C0A10Cd636eb50A0Eb27f0E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iin0Ethe0Eloop/story01.htm<p>Hedge-fund billionaire, Obama mega-bundler and high-stakes poker player <strong>Marc Lasry </strong>dropped his bid last week for that fine ambassadorship in Paris.</p> <p>But that move may not have opened the door very wide for others to jump in with their r<span/>sum<span/>s — or, more precisely, campaign-contribution receipts.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-ambassador-wears-prada/2013/05/01/d636eb50-b27f-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_in-the-loop">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636598/s/2b66ee5a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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