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Soon after becoming House Speaker in 2011, Republican John Boehner started running the traps on inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint meeting of Congress. But when Barry Jackson, then Boehner’s chief-of-staff, checked with President Barack Obama’s top advisers, Jackson said he was left waiting a month only to get no response. Ultimately the Netanyahu speech went ahead in May but soon after Jackson faced the opposite problem: the White House had promised South Korea’s leadership an appearance before Congress, he said, without checking first with the speaker. None of these slights justify what seems like...

Re-Elect Justice Steven Wayne Smith Texas Supreme Court, Place 5 ____________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Jan. 2, 2004) CONTACT: David Rogers, Campaign Manager, (512) 923-6188 (Austin) Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith announces campaign team and supporters Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith today announced his campaign team and his lengthy and growing current list of prominent conservative and Republican supporters. First among Smith's campaign team is his treasurer, former Congressman and Railroad Commissioner Kent Hance. Hance is a leading Republican activist and contributor. In 1978 , Hance beat political newcomer George W. Bush in a Congressional election -- the only...

Rogers will run against Kennedy By James J. Gillis/Daily News staff Bristol - David W. Rogers wants to make a splash in his second attempt to unseat U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D-R.I. Rogers, 37, of Portsmouth plans to announce his candidacy today at noon from the steps of the Bristol County Courthouse. Then he will jump into the Bristol waters. During his campaign, Rogers said he plans to swim much of the First Congressional District, which stretches from Newport to Woonsocket. He figures each swim will last a mile to two miles. "I think you need to send out...