A British diplomat was called in to account for Britain's failure to extradite Akhmed Zakayev, an aide to Chechnya's one-time elected president, Aslan Maskhadov.
The attacks came a few weeks after a bomb in Grozny had killed Chechnya's Kremlin-imposed president, Akhmad Kadyrov.As usual, Russia blamed Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader and one-time elected president.
So many people were surprised when he left office, but just a few years later, Paxon was one of the top lobbyists in the country, another one-time elected official practically running Congress from the outside.
Or one-time Hewlett Packard CEO and no-time elected official Carly Fiorina ?
At those times, elected officials have reached across the aisle, embracing one another in friendship and unity.
While his public speaking engagements provide ordinary voters with little more than a handshake opportunity, many of the 3,200 people in attendance at Obama's 30 private fundraising events this year often get one-on-one time with the most powerful elected official in the world.
Despite persistent fears that democracy in Pakistan will once again be interrupted, the country continues to move remorselessly towards historic general elections on 11 May, which, if successful, will be the first time one democratically elected government has handed over power to another.
Image caption Also celebrating, one time Somali refugee Ilhan Omar is elected into the US House of Representatives.
Hillary can be elected because at one time or another all people feel the need for a champion.
