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The President needs a stronger Treasury for rougher financial times. More than Defense or State, and certainly more than Homeland Security, if there's a single Cabinet post that could ruin President Bush's second term, our choice would be Treasury. So we hope the White House is doing more thinking about the position than it has exhibited so far.Mr. Bush's first choice, Paul O'Neill, was an unguided missile who didn't agree with the President's agenda and had to be fired. Second choice John Snow has been loyal and has served honorably, though no one we know would describe him as another...

Bush stronger leader than Kerry: Poll 14/08/2004 - 08:35:25 President George W. Bush retains an advantage with voters on such qualities as decisiveness and strength of leadership despite the Democrats’ effort to promote John Kerry as a strong leader, a poll has found. Bush has a 10-point, 49-39% advantage over the Massachusetts senator on the issue of handling terrorism. ...according to a poll released on Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. When asked which candidate is more likely to change his mind, 47% said Kerry and 28% said Bush. In May, 42% said Kerry...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is committed to lead America in ending hunger and improving nutrition and health. The FNS mission is to increase food security and reduce hunger in partnership with cooperating organizations by providing low income persons with access to food, a healthful diet and nutrition education. The Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program is intended to carry out this vision and mission for the Food Stamp Program. State of Hawaii: Department of Human Services National Food Stamps Food Stamp Nutrition Connection Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman recently announced that the...

Dean tells aides Edwards is 'stronger' candidate By Julian Coman in Washington (Filed: 22/02/2004) The massed ranks of "Deaniacs" - crestfallen supporters of the failed Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean - are on the verge of backing his former rival John Edwards, in what would be a last-ditch boost for the senator's campaign. Howard Dean and John Edwards Although many among the Dean faithful are saying in their favourite meeting places - online chatrooms - that they cannot face backing either Mr Edwards or John Kerry, the two remaining contenders for the Democrat nomination are engaged in a frantic battle...

The Republican campaign strategy for getting rid of Gov. Gray Davis in the Oct. 7 recall election is a three-legged stool; make the case for removing Davis, promote a Republican successor and discredit Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante as a legitimate alternative. With less than a month until the unprecedented election, many Republican strategists are growing increasingly alarmed that none of those legs is firmly in place. The greatest concern among Republican consultants is that Davis is waging a narrowly focused campaign to defeat the recall through television advertisements and public appearances. Meanwhile, the case for the recall is being made...

It made us even stronger, says Giuliani By Marcus Warren in New York (Filed: 11/09/2003) Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who became the best known of the heroes of September 2001, declared that the city had become "spiritually stronger" after surviving what he called an "attack on the modern world". True to form, Mr Giuliani also left the impression that he still believed the city - and much of the credit for its recovery from the collapse of the World Trade Centre - to be his. Many New Yorkers, still in awe of his inspiring leadership, would...