Al Kamen

Articles by Al Kamen

Keeping Score With the Team Players (October 3, 2008)

Mr. January and, Perhaps, Beyond (September 26, 2008)

EPA Chief, a.k.a. Acceleratti Incredibilis (September 24, 2008)

So That's What 'Laminated' Means (September 19, 2008)

Whirlwind Tour Beats Out Hurricane (September 17, 2008)

A Leader in Industry Relations (September 12, 2008)

Who's It Gonna Be? Barr? Nader? (September 10, 2008)

There's Summering, and Then There's Summering (September 5, 2008)

Picking Palin: Loop Fans' Fearless Prognostications (September 3, 2008)

Both Parties Now Ignoring McCain (August 13, 2008)

A Mist Opportunity at the Olympics (August 8, 2008)

A Junket That's Patently Enviable (August 6, 2008)

Sorry, I Like It Here (August 1, 2008)

Our Kids in Havana (July 30, 2008)

No More 'ASEAN Idol'? (July 25, 2008)

And a Wildebeest in Every Pot (July 23, 2008)

Put a Caipirinha in Your Tank (July 18, 2008)

Not a Green-Letter Day on Capitol Hill (July 16, 2008)

Iran Apparently in Possession of Photoshop (July 11, 2008)

Sorry About That 'Political Dilettante' Part, Mr. Prime Minister (July 9, 2008)

Where Will Fredo Pop Up Next? (July 4, 2008)

I Feel Pretty and Witty and . . . What? (July 2, 2008)

Desert Sand in Iraq, Sandbags in Iowa, and . . . (June 27, 2008)

The DOT Cafeteria, Not So Accommodating (June 25, 2008)

Bad Blood and an Empty Chair (June 20, 2008)

Your Government at Work. No Peeking. (June 18, 2008)

He Won't Have Paris -- at Least Not This Time (June 13, 2008)

Get Thee to an Airport! (June 11, 2008)

AL KAMEN (May 23, 2008)

The Italian Job (May 21, 2008)

Holes in the Memory (May 16, 2008)

One Palestinian State, Hold the Swiss (May 14, 2008)

Standing for Change in the Courts? Good Luck. (May 9, 2008)

Just Can't Shake That Nazi Party Hangover (May 7, 2008)

That Banner, That Ship. Remember? (May 2, 2008)

If You Don't Show Up, Everybody Talks About You (April 30, 2008)

Wacky Canadians Still Believe in Privacy (April 25, 2008)

The Baghdad Embassy, a W Hotel (April 23, 2008)

Yes, We Can -- Eh? (April 18, 2008)

At a Portrait Party, a Portrait of Party Tension (April 16, 2008)

Go Back to Iraq or Attend a Chamber of Commerce Function? Tough Call. (April 11, 2008)

Gone but Still Giving (April 9, 2008)

Gone, Baby, Gone (April 4, 2008)

Sunny Australia Sure Beats a Senate Hearing (April 2, 2008)

No Solidarity for Envoys to Poland (March 28, 2008)

Iraqi Spies and the Voodoo Secret (March 26, 2008)

Singer Was Bush's Mystery Dinner Host. No, Not That Singer. (March 19, 2008)

Politicians Spanked by Virgin (March 14, 2008)

OMG, DHS! ASICs and OTMs! (March 12, 2008)

The Face of DHS Looks a Little Pale (March 7, 2008)

'Regime' Changed (March 5, 2008)

Not All of the Old Clinton Gang Is Backing Another Clinton (February 29, 2008)

Vice Presidential Contest Heats Up -- at Least Here (February 27, 2008)

Let's Just Say Obama's the Nominee. So, Who's the Running Mate? (February 22, 2008)

HUD's Exhibitionist (February 20, 2008)

Politics 101: Pose With Young People (February 15, 2008)

Rumsfeld Wins a Noble Prize (February 13, 2008)

Treading Hot Water (February 8, 2008)

Afghan Official Accused of Pecking With Impunity (February 6, 2008)

Enough About Pollution Regulations; Here's a Riff on Amy Winehouse (February 1, 2008)

The New Neighbors Sure Like Black SUVs (January 30, 2008)

All Right -- I'll Vote for Me, Too (January 25, 2008)

Opinions Do Not Reflect Those of the Management (January 23, 2008)

Next Time, Skip the Appointment (January 18, 2008)

Winning Answers to a Burning Question (January 16, 2008)

Longing for the Land of Beer and Chocolate (January 11, 2008)

AL KAMEN (December 26, 2007)

What Was in That Office, Anyway? You Tell Us. (December 21, 2007)

The Gift That Keeps On Giving (December 19, 2007)

Instead of Plum Appointments, Maybe a Lump of Coal (December 14, 2007)

Being There (December 12, 2007)

AL KAMEN (December 7, 2007)

Good News, Bad News for Evildoers (December 5, 2007)

You Messed Up. Now Here's Your Promotion. (November 30, 2007)

Without Lott, the Singing Senators Are of One Voice (November 28, 2007)

'Did You Push My Button? Yes. Am I Going to Talk? You Bet.' (November 23, 2007)

The Pumpkin Pie May Fly (November 21, 2007)

For Ashcroft, Something Old, Something Nude (November 16, 2007)

That FEMA Thing? It Was a Setup. Any More Questions? (November 14, 2007)

Because Hurricanes Threaten Golf Resorts, Too (November 9, 2007)

There He Goes Again (November 7, 2007)

Your Tax Dollars at Play (November 2, 2007)

FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA (October 26, 2007)

That's Latin for 'Daily,' Not 'Occasionally' (October 24, 2007)

Getting to Know the New Neighborhood (Watch Your Briefcase) (October 19, 2007)

Don't Make Me Use Article I, Section 5! (October 17, 2007)

And Now We Return to 'Dead Men Suffer No Bias' . . . (October 12, 2007)

More Entries for the Cheney Files (October 10, 2007)

In Washington and Beyond, Disclosing a Few of Cheney's Locations (October 5, 2007)

From the State Department, All the News for Inquiring Minds (October 3, 2007)

Taking a Meeting, Baghdad-Style (September 28, 2007)

This Time, He Really Was Railroaded (September 26, 2007)

A Ballistic Missile Base to Call Your Own (September 21, 2007)

Of Course the President Remembers You! (September 19, 2007)

A Tree in AG Contender's Past Could Needle Democrats (September 14, 2007)

Tracing the Footsteps Before the Foot Taps (September 12, 2007)

Hello, Sailor! (September 7, 2007)

One of These Things Is Not Like the Other . . . (September 5, 2007)

A Little Bit State Department, a Little Bit 'The View' (August 17, 2007)

Rove's True Regret: It's a Rap (August 15, 2007)

Campaigning by the Book (August 10, 2007)

That's SIIC -- or Is It? (August 8, 2007)

Making the Green Zone a Better Place (August 3, 2007)

The Grand Tour of East Asia: Big Names, Bigger Money (August 1, 2007)

Congress Begs Pardon (July 27, 2007)

White House Posts Its Fashion Do's and Don'ts (July 25, 2007)

Before Elections, Kazakhstan Does a Little Campaigning (July 20, 2007)

Fredo Finally Gives U.S. Attorney a Good Evaluation (July 18, 2007)

Personnel May Wish to Sleep in Another Country (July 13, 2007)

War? But Tiger's in Town! (July 11, 2007)

Judicial Vacancies Leave GOP With Empty Feeling (July 6, 2007)

For Bush, the Fun Begins at Recess (June 29, 2007)

The Incidental Tourist Visits North Korea (June 27, 2007)

A Uniquely Qualified Ambassador to Iraq (June 22, 2007)

In Washington? On Home Leave? A Passport Office Needs You. (June 20, 2007)

Comings, Goings and Grumblings at the World Bank (June 15, 2007)

Until We Pay Up, We'll Just Clam Up (June 13, 2007)

AL KAMEN (June 6, 2007)

Little Calm in Wolfowitz's Wake (May 23, 2007)

Sour Over Her Sweetheart Deal (May 18, 2007)

World's Biggest U.S. Embassy May Not Be Quite Big Enough (May 16, 2007)

Riding the Slow Train on Iraqi Refugee Resettlement (May 14, 2007)

Congressman Says Home Purchase Was 'Pretty Much Aboveboard' (May 11, 2007)

For Bush, the Welcome Mat Seems a Little Less Welcoming (May 9, 2007)

Wolfowitz or a Caricature? All Bets Are Off. (May 7, 2007)

I'll Have My Chief of Staff Call Your Chief of Staff's Chief of Staff (May 4, 2007)

For the Budget-Conscious, Your Very Own State Dept. Villa (May 2, 2007)

Dingell Fuming at the EPA (April 30, 2007)

EEOC Is Moving On; Fast Food and a Dicey Neighborhood Await (April 27, 2007)

Wolfowitz's Well-Traveled Travails (April 25, 2007)

FEMA's 'Unfortunate' Privacy Disaster (April 23, 2007)

Crank Up the Rumor Mill: If Wolfowitz Leaves . . . (April 20, 2007)

The World Bank's Choice: Love Wolfowitz, or Hate Freedom (April 18, 2007)

Tenet's Tell-All Is a Slam Dunk to Provoke Invasion's Architects (April 16, 2007)

Wolfowitz Apologizes For 'Mistake' (April 13, 2007)

A Letter Is No Substitute for a Personal Chat, Waxman Tells Rice (April 13, 2007)

Under Flood of Criticism, Looking to Plug a Leak (April 11, 2007)

Flap Over World Bank's Generous Raises Goes Global (April 9, 2007)

'Outrage' at World Bank Over Colleague's Generous Salary (April 6, 2007)

Recess Appointments Granted to 'Swift Boat' Donor, 2 Other Nominees (April 5, 2007)

On Iraq, Reporters May Be Missing Their Mark(et) (April 4, 2007)

Let's Warm Up With Some Softball, Er, Baseball Questions . . . (April 2, 2007)

A Slow Leak in the Senate Judiciary Committee (March 30, 2007)

Where the Money Is (March 28, 2007)

Professor Gingrich on the Nation's 'Annihilating Capabilities' (March 26, 2007)

Perhaps This Job Ad Was Written With a Candidate in Mind? (March 23, 2007)

The Ritual Dance of the Prosecutors (March 21, 2007)

New Congress, Same Obstacles for Democratic Lobbyists (March 19, 2007)

And if Anyone Asks Any Questions . . . (March 16, 2007)

You, Too, Can Ask the Ayatollah (March 14, 2007)

Jittery in Baghdad, and Not Feeling Any Safer (March 12, 2007)

Tired of Leaks, Obey Is Fixing a Hole (March 9, 2007)

World Bank Slow to Inform Employees of Baghdad Shooting (March 5, 2007)

Problems at the Parks? But How? (March 2, 2007)

Pencil In That End-of-War Date (February 28, 2007)

A Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton Can Publicly Embrace (February 23, 2007)

VA Regains Access to Medical Records (February 21, 2007)

Pentagon Red Tape Keeps Medical Records From Doctors of the Wounded (February 16, 2007)

Truth and Credibility (February 14, 2007)

Wanted: A Few Good Iraqis. Or Jordanians. Or . . . Anybody? (February 12, 2007)

L.A.'s Lawyer to the Stars -- and the Majority Leader (February 9, 2007)

Elephants Never Forget, but Some Republicans Do (February 7, 2007)

Army Special Forces: Stealthy, Deadly and Now Handy With a Llama (February 5, 2007)

Aide at Labor Found Budget's Weaknesses, So Democrats Don't Have To (February 2, 2007)

One Uninsured Group Can Now Exhale (January 31, 2007)

Coming Soon: The Super Bowl Tour of Iraq and Kuwait (January 29, 2007)

True 'Spirit of America': Bush's Icon Teaches Tots to Tune In (January 26, 2007)

All Quiet on Israel's Eastern Front? Not Quite. (January 24, 2007)

In Troubling Times, Conservatives Head Out to Sea (January 22, 2007)

Never Miss an Appointment, or an At-Large Terrorist, Again (January 19, 2007)

Forget Cash -- Lobbyists Should Set Support for Lawmakers in Stone (January 17, 2007)

In Six Years in Office, One Year at Camp David (January 15, 2007)

Avoiding Sun-Kissed Tuscany, and Other Tips for the Prudent Junketer (January 10, 2007)

Time Does Not Bend for Democrats, but the Congressional Record Does (January 8, 2007)

Negroponte to State? You Heard It Here First. (January 5, 2007)

An 'Honest,' 'Open' House, Where Cameras Can't Zoom Out (January 3, 2007)

Frist Isn't Resting, on His Laurels or Otherwise (December 27, 2006)

A Diplomat's Plum Post, Plucked Away (December 22, 2006)

Happy Greetings of Some Sort! (December 20, 2006)

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Rumsfeld (December 18, 2006)

In the 83rd Congress, a Senate in Constant Turmoil (December 15, 2006)

If There's a Fact at Machu Picchu, Senators Will Find It (December 13, 2006)

Bolton's Spot May Sit Empty for Months (December 11, 2006)

At State, the News Needs No Muse (December 8, 2006)

Catch the Holiday Spirit -- and a Terrorist (December 6, 2006)

'Sly Character Assassination,' Other Thoughts on Washington (December 4, 2006)

Iraqi Youth's Million-Dollar Civics Lesson (December 1, 2006)

Diplomacy Ain't What It Used to Be (November 29, 2006)

On Deck Again: One of Democrats' Favorite Clinton Foes (November 27, 2006)

Serving the Nation in Sunny South America (November 22, 2006)

Democrats, Beware the Curse of D Street (November 20, 2006)

Rumsfeld's Additional Accomplishments (November 17, 2006)

Pentagon (Job) Classifieds (November 15, 2006)

U.S.-Style Campaigning at the U.N. (November 6, 2006)

Hughes Stands by State's Man in the Mideast (November 3, 2006)

An Administration Ally Goes Off-Message (November 1, 2006)

It's Who? You Know. (October 30, 2006)

The Waitress, the Maid and the Candidate (October 27, 2006)

Diplomacy Turns a Profit (October 25, 2006)

The FAA Corrals Its Brand (October 11, 2006)

Hastert Can Be Booed but Not Ousted (October 6, 2006)

Hastert Way Ahead of the Story (October 4, 2006)

Whose Line Was It, Anyway? (October 2, 2006)

Leak? Who Would Do Such a Thing? (September 29, 2006)

We Can't Handle the Truth? (September 27, 2006)

All Laptops Present and Accounted For? Um, We'll Get Back to You on That . . . (September 25, 2006)

Don't Let Him Near the Checkbook (September 22, 2006)

Paulson Gets a Leg Up as Reporters Lag (September 20, 2006)

Huns in the Control Tower? (September 18, 2006)

10 Things to Know About Guantanamo (September 15, 2006)

More Troops for a Shrinking Battlefield (September 13, 2006)

The New and Maybe Improved Karen Hughes Show Goes on the Road (September 11, 2006)

No Firing of Rumsfeld to Appease Democrats (September 8, 2006)

ATF Strikes Bush's Words (August 18, 2006)

The Capers That Ensure America's Freedom (August 16, 2006)

Conflict of Interest or Legitimate Punditry? You Decide. (August 14, 2006)

After Fidel -- Snap, Crackle and Pop (August 11, 2006)

Prognosticating Below Par (August 9, 2006)

Biofuel Project Runs Out of Gas (August 7, 2006)

New Look by an Old Hand (August 4, 2006)

Advance, Retreat or Punt (August 2, 2006)

The Few, the Proud, the Culturally Sensitive (July 31, 2006)

Sonata Cease-Fire (July 28, 2006)

The Iraq We Haven't Seen (July 26, 2006)

In State's Lebanon Lingo, No 'Evacuees' (July 24, 2006)

This Political Spin Was 180 Degrees (July 17, 2006)

Just Don't Call Them the Suers (July 14, 2006)

I Am OMB and I Write the Rules (July 12, 2006)

A Match Made Behind Closed Doors (July 10, 2006)

You Can Quote Them on That, Maybe (July 7, 2006)