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"To see the picture of one of the young women ... go on the TV screen, and see her young, beautiful face, and realize her life has been taken, and thinking of her family, and then magnifying this at least 30 times, it is almost too much to bear."

-- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaking on the Senate floor about this week's bloody massacre at Virginia Tech

Animal house

We see former Bush White House aide-turned-publishing-executive Mary Matalin and her political-animal husband, James Carville, are hosting a May 10 book party in their Old Town Alexandria home for Dan Matthews, senior vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

"Lily Tomlin says that it's 'like David Sedaris but with a mission,' " PETA's Bruce Freidrich tells Inside the Beltway about the new book, with Miss Tomlin referring to the popular humorist and author of several recently published animal fables.

As for Mr. Matthews' tome (for the book jacket, the author is dressed in a bunny outfit, although we prefer him clad as a carrot), the title is: "Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir."

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