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on january 4, 2007, nancy pelosi , the representative of california’s 12th congressional district , which comprised most of the city of san francisco, became the first woman to be elected speaker of the united states house of representatives.
on january 10, president bush announced that a “surge” of an additional 20,000 u s troops would be deployed to baghdad, which had been experiencing unrest. this move was met with skepticism by members of the democratic party and elements of the media, but bush asked that it be “given a chance”.
hank browning and jack strong were not inclined to give johnny wilson a chance. after a couple of months of vacillation, with hank scoffing at the idea that johnny might be some sort of government agent, and jack insisting that they could not be too careful, they decided to let johnny go from the freedoms ashes brigade, with no strings or qualifications or second chances.
jack strong’s wife, amanda, an attorney, had an idea. an anonymous call was made to the police, pointing out that johnny’s adoption of kim night not have been legal, and also suggesting that johnny was having sex with kim.
johnny and jenny were visited by representatives of the child protective services. no charges were filed, but kim was removed from their custody, and placed in a foster home on the other side of the state. hank and jack and amanda were happy with the success of their ruse. although it did not settle the question of whether johnny was a government agent, it removed a source of possible embarrassment to the phoenix ashes brigade.
on december 27, benazir bhutto, the former prime minister of pakistan, was killed in the city of rawalpindi. standing up in a moving car, she was fired at three times from about eight feet away by an assassin who then blew himself up with a suicide vest.
45. 2008
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