At the meeting last week, General Izurieta divulged a rambling letter in which General Pinochet appears almost to relish his misfortunes, as a chance to entrench his political legacy.
Another time a descendant of a high ranking Revolutionary War general sent me their family treasure, also a letter from General Washington, only to find out that someone a century earlier had copied the original onto laid paper, the very kind of paper that Washington had used (shown below).
And to be crystal clear, I want to -- to be crystal clear about what Senator Paul is now asking, I'm going to read directly from the Attorney General's letter today.
That was followed by the revelation he had authorised the leaking of the solicitor general's letter to Mr Heseltine, in which the former defence secretary was warned of a material inaccuracy in a letter he had sent to a merchant bank about Westland.
Washington (CNN) -- The partisan impasse over potential contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder continues following a lengthy letter from the deputy attorney general, and a blunt response from the House Oversight Committee chairman.
Today, in a letter to Attorney General Holder, Mr. McCarthy publicly declined the invitation. (The letter is reprinted below.) In the interview below, he speaks with Frank Gaffney.
"I got the general impression from his letter that he was in good shape, " he added.
The Palestinians sent Secretary-General Kofi Annan a letter as part of the formal procedure for convening such a session.
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There is also the famous scene from the movie, Saving Private Ryan, in which General Marshall reads the letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs.
John Warner, who heads the Senate Rules Committee, sent Attorney General Janet Reno a letter asking for six FBI agents, while questioning her decision to end Justice's participation.
Tracinda made public its plan in a letter to General Motors today, filing a copy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before the stock market opened.
And they've pointed it out to the Iraqis - you know, in a letter from General David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq as well as the U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
Tracinda made public its plan in a letter to General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) today, filing a copy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before the stock market opened.
By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.
After the meeting, Deputy Attorney General James Cole sent a letter to Issa, expressing disappointment.
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On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General James Cole sent a letter to Pruitt defending the decision to grab the phone records.
This week, the commander of US forces in Iraq General David Petraeus published a letter to the Iraqi people ahead of the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall.
Earlier this month, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez wrote a letter warning Alabama's education department that the law has had "lasting" and possibly illegal consequences for Hispanic school children.
"We believe the time has come for Congress to move quickly to enact national RPS legislation, " said the letter signed by General Electric, Google, Shell's wind energy division, BP America and the Sierra Club, among others.
As a follow up to the earlier blog written on the Barber Amendment (legislation to reduce the number of inmates by increasing time earned for good behavior), I came across a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder (Thanks to Mark Varca at FedCURE for bringing to my attention) on the impact of the pending government sequester.
Attorney General Janet Reno personally approved the letter, which was signed by a career Justice Department lawyer.
The letter to the attorney general also requests any information regarding Mr. McQueary's "criminal record" in Virginia.
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The letter was given to General WHM Lowe after Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on 29 April, 1916.
Maxine Waters, the local congresswoman, sent a letter to the attorney general, John Ashcroft, demanding an investigation into the altercation.
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Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, demanded answers from the SEC about its response to the inspector general's report in a letter Thursday.
Asked about Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's Friday letter to Feinberg criticizing the claims process under the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Feinberg again emphasized that the program is voluntary.
In a letter to public attorneys general on Tuesday, the Arara tribe said that they were concerned about the quality of potable water derived from the Xingu River, an Amazon tributary.
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"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of the Associated Press and its reporters, " Mr Pruitt wrote in a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder.
Iraq sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan saying it would "deal" with the resolution passed unanimously in the Security Council last week that all weapons of mass destruction must be declared and inspected.
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