The President is Missing [antikvár]

CHAPTER1T""he House Select Committee will come to order "The sharks are circling, their nostrils twitching at the scent of blood. Thirteen of them, to be exact, eight from the opposition party and five from mine, sharks against whom I've been preparing defenses with lawyers and advisers. I've learned the hard way that no matter how prepared you are, there are few defenses that work against predators. At some point, there's nothing you can do but jump in and fight back.Don't do it, my chief of staff, Carolyn Brock, pleaded again last night, as she has so many times. You can t go anywhere near that committee hearing, sir. You have everything to lose and nothing to gain.You can't answer their questions, sir.It will be the end of your presidency.I scan the thirteen faces opposite me, seated in a long row, a modern-day Spanish Inquisition. The silver-haired man in the center, behind the nameplate mr. rhodes, clears his throat.Lester Rhodes, the Speaker of the House, normally doesn't