Senate panel finds prewar Iraq WMD claims overstated
Editorial roundup notes the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report faults the 2002 NIE on Iraq's WMD programs. It cites overstated judgments, misreading data, and political pressure as factors, with Sen Rockefeller asserting Congress would not have authorized war with full knowledge.
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Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Washington
National Intelligence
Iraq
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Congress
Orange County Register
Santa Ana
Calif
Medicare cost dispute sparks probe into suppression of estimates
An internal probe found no criminal conduct as DHHS threatened to fire Medicare chief actuary Richard Foster over Congress disclosure of higher drug bill costs. White House cited 395 billion. Foster estimated 534 to perhaps 600 billion. Scully, who ordered suppression, is now a drug industry lobbyist.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Congress
White House
Thomas Scully
Richard Foster
Foster
Federal highway bill fight over dollars and fairness
Washington debates a six year highway bill and how funds are allocated among states. President Bush seeks 256 billion while House and Senate demand 284 and 318 billion respectively. DOT says 375 billion needed to halt decay, highlighting donor states like North Dakota and arguing for tax reform over choosing winners and losers.
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Washington
Bush
House
Senate
Department of Transportation
North Dakota
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Office Hour Details
The Baytown Sun editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. Wednesday and invites community discussions. To arrange a visit or talk issues, contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281 422 8302. Board members include Wanda Gamer Cash David Bloom Joseph Lohan Dee Anne Navarre Jim Finley and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Baytown Sun accepts letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun invites signed letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on any public interest topic. Include a non publishable address and phone, a photograph for columns, and limit submissions to one per month. Submissions subject to editing. the paper may refuse publication.
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Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Garner
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
We are turning into a nation of slobs by vice president remark
A column laments moral decline sparked by a crude expletive aimed at Sen. Leahy by Vice President and argues the incident reflects broader cultural decay. It cites Time magazine on vulgarity, a mother’s view on movie language, and calls for responsibility in public speech and behavior.
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United States
Patrick Leahy
Cheney
Qne
George Orwell
Orwell
Time Magazine
America
Time
Mr. Cheney
Cell phones in schools spark debate over access
A reader endorses limited phone use but cites a Sterling High School incident where a late pick up could not reach a student. The note praises the school board's decision to allow cell phones, while highlighting communication gaps and staff responsiveness as ongoing concerns.
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Steve Dean
Sun
Sterling High School
Sterling
Baytown
July 17 historical highlights and notable events
On this date in history many events are noted including Potsdam talks beginning in 1945 with Truman Stalin and Churchill, Florida ceding to the United States in 1821, the 1944 Port Chicago explosion, the 1975 Apollo Soyuz link up, Somoza's resignation in 1979, the 1981 Hyatt Regency collapse, the 1996 TWA 800 disaster, the 1998 burial of Nicholas II, and the 1999 Shoemaker LeV Meet Jupiter impacts. Also Brazil won the World Cup and a 1998–2000 era search for JFK Jr. plane missing continued.
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Truman
Josef Stalin
Winston S. Churchill
Potsdam
Spain
Florida
United States
Santiago
Cuba
U.S
Windsor
Port Chicago
Calif
Anastasio Somoza
Miami
Kansas City Hyatt Regency
TWA
Long Island
John F Kennedy International Airport
Nicholas II
Russia
Shoemaker-Levy
Jupiter
Brazil
Italy
John F. Kennedy Jr
Carolyn
Lauren Bessette
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean
Governor Shivers encourages Baytown votes in 1950 goodwill tour
Today in Sun History recalls Gov Allan Shivers 1950 goodwill tour through Baytown to rally East Harris County support. Other notes: 1975 Lee College loses high school program approval. 1990 Crosby ISD renames Barrett Primary. 2000 Battleground Speedway closes with busy crowd at Sam Houston Raceway Park. 2003 Gov Perry signs renewed bill to develop mules for non hazardous industrial waste landfills.
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Allan Shivers
Harris County
Baytown
Lee College
Texas Education Agency
Crosby
Barrett
Battleground Speedway
Highlands
Sam Houston Raceway Park
Rick Perry
Kerry Edwards support in 2004 Baytown letter
Amy L. Hinojosa, a Baytown resident, defends John Kerry and John Edwards, argues for Democratic positions on abortion rights, same sex marriage, social security, veterans benefits, and education, criticizing Bush era policies and urging rational debate based on facts.
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The
Sun
Gina Bibb
the Sun
Democratic Party
John Edwards
Bush
Dick Cheney
Halliburton
Edwards
Bibb
Baytown
Iraq
John Kerry
Amy L. Hinojosa
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