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Report: U.S. Failing to Address Urgent Biothreat

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The United States is failing to address its most urgent threat—biological proliferation and terrorism—concluded a report issued today by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. In a news release yesterday, the commission also felt the Obama Administration has given appropriate high-level attention to the nuclear threat but [...]

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An Arresting Tale: From Podium to Pokey in 10 Days

October 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

On Oct. 2, Catherine Bleish was one of a handful of speakers who revved up a crowd of 2,000 at the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  Ten days later, she found herself in jail in the South St. Louis city of Maplewood.
“I was standing in line outside,” the 25-year-old told me Monday afternoon during an [...]

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Chemical Industry Leaders Object to Anti-Terror Bill

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Twenty-seven of the nation’s leading chemical and petrochemical manufacturers, purchasers, distributors and related organizations signed on to a letter sent to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair and ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, respectively.  In the letter sent this morning, they expressed four major concerns about H.R. [...]

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Legion Commander Fires Back at DHS Chief!

April 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

American Legion National Commander David K. Rehbein sent Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano a letter of protest yesterday concerning a recent report by the Department of Homeland Security which suggested veterans were more likely to commit terrorist acts than nonveterans.
The text of the letter appears on the American Legion web site under the headline, Legion to DHS: [...]

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FAA System Failure Affecting Flights Nationwide

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Fox News Channel is reporting that flights across the country are being affected by the failure of a computer communications system located at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  That system, according to Fox, handles FAA flight planning for aircraft based, primarily, on the East Coast.
The FAA web site’s status information map (above) indicates general airport conditions and [...]

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