For a Frugal Alito, Safeway's the Way
Clinton Inc. Sent to Fix Ukraine Crisis
If you're the president of Ukraine and your fledgling administration is already embroiled in a political crisis, who you gonna call? Bill Clinton. Only a year after the Orange Revolution catapulted him to power, Viktor Yushchenko is turning to Bubba's old team of spinmeisters and policy wonks. Former press secretary Mike McCurry and ex-Chief of Staff John Podesta will head to Ukraine next week to meet with Yushchenko and dispense a little advice. "It's much ado about nothing," insists Jay Carson, Clinton's spokesman. But to Yushchenko, who amid allegations of corruption has joined forces with his opponent, Viktor Yanukovich, it may be just what the spin doctor ordered.
'Made in China' Not Just for Wal-Mart
We're hearing of growing worries that "Made in China" isn't just for junk sold at Wal-Mart anymore. The scholarly Hudson Institute this week plans to caution that sophisticated weapons--maybe even better than we build--will soon carry the Made in China tag. "The common perception is that China . . . produces a seemingly limitless quantity of inexpensive goods to fill the shelves of Wal-Mart," says Hudson in a report due out this week. But, it warns that Beijing is turbocharging its military with high-tech weapons.
Greenpeace May Face Taxing Times
Two years after it was asked to probe the tax-exempt status of Greenpeace, we hear that the IRS may be weighing an investigation. Public Interest Watch, which polices nonprofit groups, has charged that Greenpeace diverted millions of donations for education uses into advocacy--and that's a no-no. Greenpeace says it didn't and that PIW is a tool of companies the environmental group targets.
Diamonds Aren't a President's Friend
President Bush learned a valuable lesson last month when he asked an Air Force audience for help in choosing a present for his 28th wedding anniversary: Be careful whom you ask for advice. The women in the crowd at Washington's Bolling Air Force Base chanted "diamonds, diamonds." Groaned Bush, "Sorry I asked." So what did he give first lady Laura Bush on November 5? We're told it was a lovely matching earring and necklace set, made of green, glassy stones, by a Texas jewelry designer.
With Bret Schulte, Liz Halloran and Ilana Ozernoy
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