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Maybe serving as an adviser to former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney
and his flip-flopping, faulty-memory
ways rubs off on you. How else to explain the odd calls that
supporters of
Mary Ann Glendon
got announcing that
the hold on her nomination for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican had
been lifted and that a confirmation hearing was set for Tuesday,
December 18. One problem: as of 6 p.m. on Monday night, no hearing
had been scheduled.
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“It was weird. We got a call from a Glendon backer saying that a
deal had been cut between Biden and Kennedy and that hearings were
moving forward,” says a Senate aide, who has been supporting
Glendon. “Then nothing. It has some of us nervous that the White
House is getting cold feet.”