"… eers and fortunes in Nayarit. It was, for decades, almost a given that the leader of the tobacco union became a mayor. One tobacco man,  Rigoberto Ocho …"

"… nsurance,” said Federico Langarica, a former tobacco-grower organization leader. His brother used to be one of the largest producers in Nayarit.Many Nayar …"

"… of the area’s tobacco cooperatives. The current tobacco growers´ group leader is a local legislator who is running to become mayor of another Nayarit ci …"

"… of virtually everything Congress does,” said Gary Wingrove, a volunteer leader of the National Rural Health Association who has EMS experience. The group …"

"… . government as a hideout of the Quetta Shura, a cabinet of senior Taliban leaders headed by their spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. Local residents a …"

"… uetta Shura, a cabinet of senior Taliban leaders headed by their spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. Local residents and news reports claim that the Que …"

"… -ISI operations have resulted in major arrests of top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the 2001 World Trade Cen …"

"… urnal reporter Daniel Pearl; and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a top Taliban leader who was captured in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. According to a sen …"

"… ceived more than $243,000 from coal, oil and gas interests.  Boren, a leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, proclaimed his support fo …"

"… military assault on a suspected compound at Tora Bora allowed the al-Qaida leader to slither away through unguarded borders.The initial efforts to capture o …"

"… spewing his hatred for the West.Though never the operational and tactical leader, the Saudi-born milionaire was the inspiration for al-Qaida, and his braze …"

"… heir suspicions that Pakistani intelligence may be harboring the terrorist leader or tipping him off to the U.S. pursuit.Midway through the Bush administrat …"

"… ruit, leading to the killings and capture of many top Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in recent months. A key piece of that puzzle was identifying a man belie …"

"… ead has been stricken."For over two decades, bin Laden has been al-Qaida's leader and symbol, and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our …"

"… ns of thousands more have come home wounded.Winner: Bob Gates, whose solid leadership of the Pentagon stands in marked contrast to his predecessor, and Leon …"

"… yed” by news of bin Laden’s killing and said the hunt for the al-Qaida leader was conducted not “out of hatred, but to exact judgment.” The speech w …"

"… ucked GOP leaders to work with then-Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut on a modest cap-and-trade plan. The measure was defeated, 55-43.By last ye …"

"… nobody thought there was going to be a bill passed,” says Deborah Sliz, leader of the lobbying firm Morgan Meguire, LLC, which saw its already large list …"