February 12, 2004
Staffer etiquette 101
Rule #1. When you're at a hearing and your boss is busy doing everything he can to piss off the Secretary of State, keep your head perfectly still.
The whole episode just goes to show that you can take the Secretary out of the Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of the Secretary.
Posted by rj3 at February 12, 2004 11:55 AM
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Via DCSOB. The usually cool-headed Colin Powell apparently had his fill of a head-shaking hill staffer, whom he reprimanded during an appearance before the House International Relations Committee. Having been in a congressional hearing or two, I can ju... [Read More]
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Still, it must be pretty annoyomg for Powell to have to defend statements he knew to be dubious when he made them last year. I'd be snappy too if I was dealing with a guilty conscience.
Posted by: Cara at February 12, 2004 12:25 PM
Still, it must be pretty annoying for Powell to have to defend statements he knew to be dubious when he made them last year. I'd be snappy too if I was dealing with a guilty conscience.
Posted by: Cara at February 12, 2004 12:25 PM