http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington News, analysis, color and photography from Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau en-us kherman@coxnews.com 2008-12-03T12:45:18-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/12/03/a_white_house_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here are some of the stats: 25 holiday receptions, 1.2 million Christmas cards from the First Family, 369 hand-decorated ornaments on Blue Room Christmas tree, 780 feet of garland, 232 wreaths, 22,000 holiday cookies, 600 pounds of asparagus, 300... 9224103@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-12-03T12:45:18-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/12/02/clintons_use_ca.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The e-mail from Bill Clinton says this in the subject line: “A moment to celebrate.” What it really is is a solicitation to help Hillary Clinton pay off the debt from her failed presidential campaign. Here’s the e-mail from the... 9200503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-12-02T16:02:01-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/28/bush_interviewe.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington As part of the StoryCorps project of collecting oral histories, President George W. Bush and wife Laura were interviewed Nov. 12 by Doro Bush Koch, the president’s sister. Here are excerpts released Friday by The White House: Koch: How do... 9120503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-28T10:19:49-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/26/turkey_day_menu.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s the Thanksgiving menu for President Bush and guests at Camp David: Free-range roast turkey, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, sauteed green beans, Morelia-style green beans with spinach salad, zucchini gratin, whipped maple sweet potatoes, buttered mashed potatoes, giblet gravy. Fresh... 9100503@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-26T15:44:48-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/21/ny_lawmaker_see.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York and chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, has authored a resolution demanding that President Bush refrain from issuing “pre-emptive pardons of senior officials in his administration during... 8998903@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-21T15:24:07-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/21/bush_i_was_for.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington The final exchange on Thursday in Peruvian TV journalist Raul Tola’s interview with President Bush: Tola: One last question Mr. President. (President-elect) Obama said in his campaign slogan that change is the main thing for America. Bush: El cambio. Tola:... 8984803@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-21T07:33:59-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/20/the_late_jim_ma.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Former Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox, whose death was announced Thursday, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August.... 8971403@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-20T15:28:17-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/20/inaugural_parad.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington Here’s an update on construction of the reviewing stand in which Barack Obama will watch the Jan. 20 inaugural parade after he becomes President Barack Obama. And here, from the Washington D.C. Office of Property Management website is the... 8968703@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-20T12:46:57-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/17/olivia_de_havil.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington It was National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal day in the East Room at The White House. Watch as acting legend Olivia de Havilland drops by to pick up her medal. Among other honorees: Stan Lee, former... 8884203@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-17T14:49:17-05:00 http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2008/11/14/g20_summit_plan.html?cxntfid=blogs_window_on_washington What’s it like to plan a meeting of most of the world’s major leaders? Take a look.... 8837603@http://www.reflector.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/ 2008-11-14T15:42:31-05:00