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Did I crash the White House Oslo Peace Treaty Signing? I guess I might have, maybe.

Posted on January 4, 2010, 11:24 pm, by admin, under US Politics.

Basically. September 13, 1993.  The Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO were being signed at the White House and it was quite the event in Washington.  I was working for a Congressman and the invite came through for “The Congressman and his wife” to come to the White House and attend. Well the Congressman’s [...]

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Why Obama resigned ‘early’ from the Senate

Posted on November 13, 2008, 9:51 pm, by admin, under US Politics.

Seniority. Obama’s replacement will be given seniority in the 110th Congress, making that person one notch higher than the people who won election in November and will take their seats in the 111th Congress in January. That is if the Illinois governor can move quickly to fill the vacancy and if the lame-duck session next [...]

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