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My Mother Influenced Me In Many Ways With Her Skepticism
document My mother influenced me in many ways with her skepticism House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…d he broke it while trying to stand up. I was accused of deliberately breaking his leg and called into the principal’s office. My mother immediately came to school and spoke to me privately. I told her the story and assured her that I would never break my friend Victor’s leg p...

Honorable Mark Filip
document IMAGES-008-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025705.txt May 27, 2008 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…ve that a complete and independent appraisal and resolution of this case most appropriately would be undertaken by your Office—beginning with the rescission of the arbitrary, unfair, and unprecedented deadline that Mr. Sloman demands to have imposed in this case. At the very leas...

It’s clear, from emails and other records, that prosecutors spent a lot of time
document IMAGES-003-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016452.txt Sep 13, 2007 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

… was reached, but Epstein still wasn’t happy with it, emails show. Lefkowitz continued to pressure the U.S. Attorney’s Office to keep the agreement secret, even though under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, prosecutors were required to inform the victims that a plea deal had been...

specifically, how do we get businesses
document IMAGES-002-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012719.txt Jun 8, 2011 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…ss fourth branch’’ of government be- cause their rules are not reviewed for cost-benefit analysis, even by the OMB, the Office of Management and Budget, in its Office of Information and Regu- latory Affairs, so-called OIRA. We have looked at some GAO data and put together variou...

(2) As used in this subsection, a “United States person” means
document IMAGES-007-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022600.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…uer that is subject to section 78dd-1 [Section 30A of the Exchange Act] of this title or a domestic concern, or for any officer, director, employee, or agent of such person or any stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such per- son, while in the territory of the United States,...

improper.” This was more than 30 years ago, at a time when being gay, and
document IMAGES-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011691.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…’m doing my best to convince you to think again. But I want you to know that if I can’t, ’'m going from here to Misha’s office. I'll try to convince him of the damage from what you’re contemplating to the whole fabric of trust in the general staff and the army, to the image of th...

Eye on the Market, July 25, 2011
email TEXT-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025215.txt Jul 25, 2011 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…atch of reports indicating a slowdown in manufacturing and service sector surveys. Michael Cembalest Chief Investment Officer Notes [a] Bundesbank President Weidmann, in response to last week’s package: “By transferring significant risks to the support-giving countries and th...

in which Dan’s division was key in staunching the Egyptian advance in the first
document IMAGES-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011690.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

…ut of the contest altogether. I was sitting at my desk on the third floor when the chief of internal army security, an officer named Ben-Dor, walked into my office. “Listen,” he said, “the chief of staff has a right to give me a direct order in cases where he thinks there is a n...

Wall Street Journal
document IMAGES-007-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023510.txt Apr 18, 2011 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

24 Article 5. Wall Street Journal It's in America's Interest to Stay in Iraq Max Boot April 18, 2011 -- Secretary of Defense Bob Gates was in Iraq early this month urging Iraqi leaders to decide whether they want U.S. forces to stay beyond Dec. 31. "If there is to be a prese...

By mid-December 1990, war was virtually certain. Misha and I had been to
document IMAGES-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011703.txt Jan 16, 1991 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

By mid-December 1990, war was virtually certain. Misha and I had been to Washington in September and agreed with the Americans that, unless we were attacked by Saddam, we would stay out of it. To do otherwise was clearly not just against the US-led coalition’s interests. Given th...

April 18
document April 18 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

2011 -- Secretary of Defense Bob Gates was in Iraq early this month urging Iraqi leaders to decide whether they want U.S. forces to stay beyond Dec. 31. ""If there is to be a presence

Of course, this is anathema to the U.S., particularly its navy. In this
document IMAGES-010-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029953.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

22 Of course, this is anathema to the U.S., particularly its navy. In this case, the DOC or even a convention will be of little utility. Let us hope that the real explanation is more benign. One possibility is confusion and lack of coordination between high policy officials in f...

BW: Certainly, I understand and I would’ve loved to go through a discussion with you about
document IMAGES-012-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033320.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

BW: Certainly, I understand and I would’ve loved to go through a discussion with you about NATO, because this goes back to early in your administration and your concern about it, and the agreement that the countries have that they would increase their defense contribution, what i...

change, lock in great-state peace. So many desires scatter our minds and when we
document IMAGES-004-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018403.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

change, lock in great-state peace. So many desires scatter our minds and when we fail to achieve them they erode our will. Here is a basic lesson of accomplishment in any human domain: Better for us to focus on a single aim, and tighten our efforts around that one aim and use suc...