"All that is old and already formed can continue to live only if it allows within itself the conditions of a new beginning."
Humphrey Public Policy Forum fellows, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2-5
Posted 12:16 a.m., Feb. 7, 2005;
Updated 11:26 p.m., Feb. 7, 2005
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, center, chatted with the Humphrey Public Policy Forum fellows in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4. Pictured with Albright are Humphrey forum fellows (from left) Reede Webster, Jeremy Hanson, Glenn Switzer, Kevin Featherly, Kelly Kunkel and Rowzat Shipchandler.
I'm pictured with former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer, left, a member of the 9/11 Commission and the Catholic, pro-life candidate for chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. Roemer gave a powerful talk on 9/11 and its aftermath that received the biggest response of any presentation made before the Humphrey fellows.
Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks, left, chats up Brian McClung, the press secretary to Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, on Feb. 3 during a Humphrey Institute Public Policy forum meeting at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C.
Former U.S. Representatives Tim Penny, left, and Vin Weber, center, have a conversation with liberal Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne (back to camera) at the Brookings Institute on Feb. 3. Penny and Weber are the co-directors of the Humphrey Public Policy Forum fellows program. Also pictured is assistant program director Cindy Orbovich.
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, left, stopped for a photo with Humphrey forum fellow Asad Zaman, a Muslim imam and the executive director of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, Inver Grove Heights, Minn. The photo was taken during a tour of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
I am pictured here at left with National Journal columnist Jonathan Rauch and Tim Penny, right. In the foreground is Star Tribune sports reporter Jay Weiner.
I'm pictured here in the Capitol basement with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee--and a legislative driver behind the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998. "Keep paying those taxes," the senator joked.
Josh Bolten, left, director of the Office of Management and Budget, a key member of the Bush administration, chats with Asad, center, and me on Feb. 5, at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. Bolten took time to speak to Humphrey fellows two days before issuing the final version of the president's annual budget.
One day, I fully intend to pull out this photograph to show my grandkids what a bigshot ol' grampy used to be. Alas, truth is, it's pure fantasy. This photo was taken inside the White House press room.
Minnesota lobbyist Brian Halloran, one of the Humphrey fellows, slumps in his chair in the White House press room as fake presidential press secretary Kevin Featherly strays badly off message.
This photo was taken just outside the White House press room during our tour of the White House. Pictured from left are Humphrey forum assistant director Cindy Orbovich and fellows Libby Starling, Kevin Featherly, Asad Zaman, Brian Halloran, Jonathan Papik and Rosemary Dolata.
Elementary school principal Asad Zaman, left, and Star Tribune sports reporter Jay Weiner have a confab outside the White House while awaiting a tour of the West Wing on Feb. 5, the final day of the tour.
Here I am photographed outside the White House in the Rose Garden, formerly the West Garden. It was here that a teen-aged Bill Clinton met and shook hands with President John F. Kennedy in 1962 during a Boys Nation gathering. JFK redesigned the grounds for use in formal presidential ceremonies.
The Humphrey Public Policy Forum fellows gather for a parting group protrait on the last day of the Washington tour, Feb. 5.
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