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Government union elects new president with promise to fight misadministration
The largest union of federal government employees ousted two-term president Bobby Harnage Jr. in a surprise vote that reflected frustrations that the union wasn't fighting hard enough against the Bush administration's labor policies.

More than 1,200 delegates at the American Federation of Government Employees' national convention in Las Vegas denied Harnage a third term and elected his challenger, John Gage.

"We're going to be more aggressive -- I don't think there's any question about that," Gage said Thursday. "People need to understand what's happening."


A 'morally ambiguous situation'
Government weapons scientist David Kelly feared he might "end up dead in the woods" if a U.S.-led coalition attacked Iraq, a colleague testified Thursday at a judicial inquiry into his suicide.

Kelly, identified as the source of a BBC report that questioned the integrity of the government's case for war, was found dead July 18 at the edge of a clump of woods near his rural home.

The judge directing the inquiry, Lord Hutton, also announced that Prime Minister Tony 'Piddles' Blair would give evidence Aug. 28, a day after an appearance by Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon.