杨晨, 国会手记

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(1) 杨晨, 国会手记(24)： 国会议员的办公室. VOA Chinese, Nov 4, 2013.
www.voachinese.com/content/congress-20131104/1783518.html

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(a) "佛罗里达州共和党众议员罗斯"

Dennis A Ross (1959- ; Republican; US House representative from Florida 2011- )

Not to be confused with Ed Royce (Reublican; US House representative from California and chairman of House foreign affairs committee).
(b) 罗拉巴克众议员  

Dana Rohrabacher (1947- ; Republican; US House representative from California 1989- )

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(2) 杨晨, 国会手记(20): 第一夫人和一个小男孩的有趣对话. VOA Chinese, Dec 31, 2012
www.voachinese.com/content/congress-diary-20121231/1575150.html
("话说[北美太空防务指挥部](NORAD)有个传统，每到圣诞节就要追踪圣诞老人的行踪，让那些翘首期待圣诞礼物的孩子们知道圣诞老人是不是快要到了。第一夫人米歇尔.奥巴马今年为追踪圣诞老人活动做义工，她的任务是接电话")

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(a) 北美太空防务指挥部  North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD, an acronym for its predecessor NORth American Air Defense formed in 1957; a combined bi-national organization of US and Canada; headquarters are located at Peterson Air Force Base in El Paso County, near Colorado Springs)
(b) NORAD Tracks Santa. NORAD, undated
www.norad.mil/AboutNORAD/NORADTracksSanta.aspx
(near Colorado Springs, Colorado)
(c) 沃斯堡  Fort Worth, Texas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas
(741,206 in 2010 census; established in 1849 as an Army outpost on a bluff overlooking the Trinity River; named in 1949 in honor of the late army major general William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849))

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(3) 杨晨, 国会手记(18): 国会里的浪漫故事. VOA Chinese, Aug 17, 2012
www.voachinese.com/content/capit ... 120817/1490547.html
("女参议员苏珊.科林斯(Senator Susan Collins)结婚了。 * * * 科林斯参议员今年59岁，这是她的第一次婚姻。她的新丈夫托马斯.达夫伦(Thomas Daffron)先生是来自缅因州的一位颇有影响力的政治顾问，结过一次婚。 * * * 科林斯和达夫伦相识于1970年代。当时科林斯在众议员科恩(Bill Cohen)的办公室当实习生，达夫伦是科恩议员的办公室主任")

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(a) Susan Collins (1952- ; Republican; US senator from Maine 1997- ; predecessor William Cohen)
(b) William Cohen (1940- ; Republican; US secretary of defense 1997-2001; US senator from Maine 1979-1997; US House representative 1973-1979)

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(4) 杨晨, 国会手记(15): 国会山时尚. VOA Chinese, Oct 13, 2011.
www.voachinese.com/content/artic ... 2474358/789724.html

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(a) 格兰杰众议员  Kay Granger (1943- ; Republican; US House representative from Texas 1997- )
(b) "这种色彩相间的大溪地(Tahitian)项链因为佩洛西戴过而热卖，被称为'佩洛西珍珠项链。'"

Cheryl Kremkow, Pelosi's Pearl. Pearl Society, Feb 1, 2007 (blog)
pearlsociety.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/pelosis_pearls.html
(Pelosi has "at least two spectacular large and lovely strands" of Tihitian cultured pearls)
(c) "来自佛罗里达州的佛雷德雷卡.威尔逊(Rep Frederica Wilson)"

Frederica Wilson (1942- ; Democrat; from a majority African-American district in Florida)