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In his latest novel Senator McPherson, author John Sager has created a character who can be at once admired, questioned, but never ignored. From her growing-up years in a small farming community, Sara McPherson morphs into one of America's most influential and resourceful politicians.Recently graduated from the University of Washington's law school, she catches on as an intern in a prestigious Seattle law firm, successfully defends two of the firm's clients and then is elected to the state's legislature in Olympia.There, she joins forces with a women legislator of Nez Perce Native American heritage, and the two write and pass legislation that enhances the living standards of Washington's minority and indigent citizens.She then is elected to represent her state in the national legislature and becomes a well-known and admired lawmaker, eventually rewarded with a seat on the US Senate's Judiciary Committee.Ms. McPherson's crowning achievement is her appointment as the United States ambassador to the Russian Federation. There, she orchestrates the removal of Russian military personnel who have attempted to control the industrial output of Ukraine and Belarus.At the end of her illustrious career, the American president recognizes her as one of the nation's most influential and successful politicians and diplomats.

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Publié par	Inspiring Voices
Date de parution	24 avril 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781462412648
Langue	English

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Senator McPherson

JOHN SAGER

Copyright © 2019 John Sager.

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ISBN: 978-1-4624-1263-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4624-1264-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019904507

Inspiring Voices rev. date: 04/24/2019
CONTENTS
Also By John Sager
Prologue
Acknolwledgment
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Epilogue
About The Author
Also by John Sager
A Tiffany Monday - - An Unusual Love Story, WestBow Press, 2012
Joan’s Gallery, 50 Years of Artistry by Joan Kohl Johnson Sager, Blurb, Inc., 2013
Uncovered - - My Half-Century with the CIA, WestBow Press, 2013
Night Flight, A Novel, Create Space, 2013
Operation Night Hawk, A Novel, Create Space, 2014
Moscow at Midnight, A Novel, Create Space, 2014
The Jihadists’ Revenge, A Novel, Create Space, 2014
Mole, A Novel, Create Space, 2015
Capital Crises, A Novel, Create Space, 2015
God’s Listeners, An Anthology, Create Space, 2015
Crescent Blood, A Novel, Create Space, 2016
Sasha, from Stalin to Obama, A Biography, Create Space, 2016
Shahnoza – Super Spy, A Novel, Create Space, 2016
Target: Oahu, A Novel, Create Space, 2017
Aerosol, A Novel, Create Space, 2017
The Health Center, A Novel, Create Space, 2017
The Conservator, A Biography, Create Space, 2017
The Evil Alliance, A Novel, Create Space, 2018
Tehran Revisited, A Novel, Archway Publishers, 2019
St. Barnabas, A Novel, Inspiring Voices, 2019
The Caravan, A Novel, Outskirts Press, 2019
PROLOGUE
S ara McPherson, one of her country’s most successful and influential politicians. At age 60 she has made her way into the heart of America’s political hierarchy, as ambassador to the Russian Federation. A lifelong political conservative, she was adored by many and reviled by others. Denied motherhood by an early cancer, she never married but over her long years of service she left an indelible stamp on the political life of her country.
This is her story, as much of it as we know.
John Sager
Winter 2019
ACKNOLWLEDGMENT
A s with many other writings, I am indebted to my long-time fly fishing friend, Stanford Young. Himself an author, Stan has read and re-read every page, offering helpful suggestions along the way. Thanks, Stan!
ONE
O thello, a small farming community in east-central Washington State, was getting ready for its annual Sandhill Crane festival, an event organized around the arrival of these magnificent birds as they swoop into their traditional breeding grounds, having flown a thousand miles from the interior of Mexico. Their shrill, squawking mating calls were as familiar as the local ice cream parlor. Mayor Charles Smithson, as was his habit, declared the weekend a local holiday. He hoped a television crew would come all the way from Seattle to record the event.
The Sandhill Cranes had been the subject of a recent study, done by thee graduate students at Washington State University in Pullman. Their work revealed that this particular flock of Sandhills ( Grus canadensis ) was unique to the hot, arid climate of central and eastern Washington. Their study demonstrated that another flock, which bred in Montana’s Madison Valley, was made up of birds of a slightly different coloration and stature.
In 1981, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department added the Sandhill Crane to its list of endangered species, thus prohibiting hunting the birds on both state- and privately-owned land. There had been some grumbling about this edict but by and large the hunters agreed that it was the right thing to do.
So, for nearly four decades the annual Sandhill Crane festival held a special meaning for Othello’s citizens as they celebrated the arrival of a species that had at one time been on the verge of extinction. The birds’ appearance could be predicted: the month and/or week of their arrival, usually the last week in March or the first two weeks in April. Then the males would compete for the attention of the females and within a month the tiny chicks would appear, protected in nests of twigs, straw and sunbaked mud.
Some years earlier, the Othello town council had voted to establish a viewing area, a designated one-acre piece of undeveloped land with a parking lot, rest rooms and wooden railings to delineate a safe distance from the birds’ nesting areas. Viewing hours: any time between eight a.m. and seven p.m.

Jeffry McPherson was the wealthiest wheat grower in Adams county; his 800-acre spread—nearly a square mile—was by far the largest in the state, second only to the farm of a friend in next-door Whitman County.
An outdoor enthusiast, he and his wife Laura decided to be among the first to visit the area on its opening day, April 1. Laura was expecting her first child in July, only three months away, she hadn’t been feeling well and the two wanted to welcome the birds before her doctor told her to stay close to home. After the anticipated 25-miniute drive, Jeffry pulled into the parking lot, only to find they were not the first ones there. Tom Bedford, the town’s council chairman, already had out his binoculars and was searching for the unique crimson red coloring of the Sandhill Crane’s head.
“Hey, Tom. See anything?”
“Oh, Hi, Jeffry. No, not yet. I think there’s a pair of Sandhills in that tall clump of bunch grass, about a hundred yards out. They’re quite shy and will be for another week or so, when they’ve adjusted to their new surroundings.
“How’re you doing?”
“We’re fine, except that Laura’s a bit gun shy about being seen in public, if you know what I mean.”
“Yeah, well the whole town knows about her pregnancy and if that baby’s a girl she’ll grow up to be one beautiful woman!”
“I’ve told her pretty much the same thing. She blushes and asks me not to talk about it.
“But, what about that problem you’re having with the Adams County commissioners in Ritzville? Any progress?”
“Glad you asked. It’s a weird deal. Commissioner Wainwright is the only member of that group who’s a Democrat. The other five are Republicans, as one would expect in Adams county. And he’s a liberal Democrat. He wants the Fish and Wildlife Department to change the rules about hunting, here on the East Side. Instead of one deer per hunter per season, he’s asking them to change the rules to allow for two . I’ve written several letters telling him that the Fish and Wildlife Department’s biologists tell us that two per year—within ten years—would reduce the population to the point where it couldn’t sustain itself. In one of those letters I reminded him that he’s up for re-election next year and there are a lot of people who won’t vote for him. I’m one of them and as I recall, you are too.”
“Yeah, it’s a real shame. Most of us who live and work east of the Cascades are Republicans, some of us, like you and me, are conservative Republicans. But every time an election cycle comes due we know that King, Pierce, Snohomish and a few other Westside counties are going to vote Democrat. And they outnumber us—what?—three to one?”
“True, my Friend. But we have to keep trying. You’ll recall that pastor Dan, in his sermon last Sunday, told us that he believes God is on our side. Why? Because we’re trying to do the right thing, to protect and preserve what He’s given us. And that’s all the reason we need to do just that.”
TWO
J effry’s 1958 Chevy Apache truck’s top speed was about 60 mph, the posted speed limit on the route from Othello to Ritzville. He figured an hour and 15 minutes would do it and he knew the route. He’d traveled it many times but never before with a wife who was about to give birth. Twelve hours earlier he’d phoned ahead to the hospital and they were waiting for him. He pulled into the parking space alongside the emergency entrance and two orderlies were waiting for him with a gurney. They told him where to park his car and gave him directions to the second-floor waiting room. Not to worry, they said, everything will be just fine.
Twenty minutes later, Jeffry found himself sitting with two other anxious about-to-be fathers. He recognized the man in the blue-white striped coveralls. It was Jimmy Franklin who owned and operated Othello’s True Value hardware store.
“Hi Jim