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Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, disclosed Friday that he would retire at the end of his current term.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Geoff Earle</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/management/2002/03/gop-leader-on-management-issues-announces-retirement/11211/</guid><category>Management</category></item><item><title>White House briefs Congress on contingency government plan</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2002/03/white-house-briefs-congress-on-contingency-government-plan/11181/</link><description></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Lisa Caruso and Geoff Earle</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2002/03/white-house-briefs-congress-on-contingency-government-plan/11181/</guid><category>Defense</category></item><item><title>Senator places holds on Transportation nominees</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2002/02/senator-places-holds-on-transportation-nominees/11071/</link><description></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Geoff Earle</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/defense/2002/02/senator-places-holds-on-transportation-nominees/11071/</guid><category>Defense</category></item><item><title>Fallout from senator's battle with Treasury secretary continues</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/management/2002/02/fallout-from-senators-battle-with-treasury-secretary-continues/11040/</link><description></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Geoff Earle</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/management/2002/02/fallout-from-senators-battle-with-treasury-secretary-continues/11040/</guid><category>Management</category></item><item><title>Differences on key Hill issues remain after Bush address</title><link>http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2002/01/differences-on-key-hill-issues-remain-after-bush-address/10944/</link><description></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Keith Koffler, Mark Wegner, Geoff Earle, Charlie Mitchell, and Stephen Norton</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2002/01/differences-on-key-hill-issues-remain-after-bush-address/10944/</guid><category>News</category></item></channel></rss>