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People, come on! We can’t do a celebrity sightings column without your help (since we don’t get out much). Please send us sightings of famous people — yes, we use the term “famous” advisedly, as in “famous for D.C.” — by e-mail.

After the jump, three measly sightings — of Madeleine Albright, Ted Kennedy, and Judy Woodruff.

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Last week, we admitted that we were desperate for sightings. You responded with desperate sightings: Andrew Sullivan, Matt Cooper, Ted Koppel… they’re all here, Washington’s most recognizable non-famous people. We applaud, we thank, we’ll buy the next round. Please keep sending your sightings of D.C. “celebrities” to . All Gang of 500 members eligible. Sightings after the jump.

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• Washington Whispers: Condi enjoys globe-trotting. . . Rumor mill envisions Gore-Obama ticket in ‘08. . . Peter Pace, the new Joint Chiefs of Staff, encourages his minions to find balance in their life. . . 16% of Americans watch more than three hours of cable news per day, the Winston Group finds. [USN&WR]
• Cindy Adams: Stephanopoulos says Reid green-lighted Miers on behalf of Democrats. . . Woodruff says Fitzgerald is gunning for a conspiracy charge. [NYP]
• Page Six: Mary Cheney, Laura Ingraham, Major Garrett among guests invited by Mary Matalin and James Carville for book party. [NYP]

Our second to last Wonk’d of the slow season. Please keep collecting the lamest excuses for “famous” that you can — and remember, we’re including famous-for-DC outside of DC — and send them to . In this issue, an actually rather impressive-for-August number of sightings of famous-for-DC, including lots of generals (Clark, Meyers, McCaffrey), George Will hyping and diving, Tucker Carlson at McDonald’s, Leahy, Dukakis, Coulter, Baldridge, Koppel, Chertoff, Woodruff, Kerry, McClellan, Pennington, Clinton, Obama, King, Sharpton, Gannon, Hunt.

They’re all after the jump.

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