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Sequestered in the depths of the state's now-defunct Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency offices, more than 250 state workers and others are quietly and quickly working on one of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's most ambitious projects yet. The workers, on loan to the governor from other departments forced to make do without them in the midst of a hiring freeze, are attempting to reinvent the bureaucracy to trim costs and cut waste in virtually every corner of state government, all by June 30. Some are skeptical that this mysterious group promising a dramatic government reorganization can succeed. Others worry that recommendations...

KERRY SUPPORTERS: Click Here To View This Release In French SENATOR KERRY CALLS CANDIDATE KERRY “IRRESPONSIBLE” ON WMDJohn Forbes Kerry’s 72 Hour Flip-Flop YESTERDAY CANDIDATE KERRY SAID PRESIDENT BUSH “MISLED” ON WMD Kerry Attacked President Bush.   “Kerry said Wednesday that President Bush broke his promise to build an international coalition against Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and then waged a war based on questionable intelligence.   ‘He misled every one of us,’ Kerry said.”  (Ron Fournier, “Kerry Says Bush Misled Americans On War,” The Associated Press, 6/19/03) BUT JUST 72 HOURS EARLIER ON ABC’S “THIS WEEK,” SENATOR KERRY SAID IT WOULD...

RNC Research GEPHARDT ABORTION STAND UNCLEARFormerly Pro-Life, Currently Pro-Choice, Two New Abortion Flip-Flops Are Pro-Pander ___________________________________________________________________________ 1988: “Gephardt’s problem is that he has a record of flip-flops on the issues.” (Peter Beinart, “No Vice,” The New Republic, 12/23/02) GEPHARDT MODIFIES POSITION ON PARTIAL-BIRTH BANGephardt Twice Voted To Override President Clinton’s Vetoes Of Partial-Birth Abortion Bills That Did Not Allow “Exceptions To Preserve The Health Of The Mother.” (CBS’ “Face The Nation,” 6/8/03) GEPHARDT NO LONGER CLEAR ON LITMUS TEST In 1986, Gephardt Said He “Would Not Make Abortion A Litmus Test” For Judicial Appointments. “My conviction is that abortion should...