Senate hearings pressure Pentagon over Iraq war spending
Editorial notes Congress will likely approve $25 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan while demanding tighter oversight. It argues defense spending near $425 billion next fiscal year should be scrutinized as secrecy and arrogance decline with bipartisan concern. War costs run about $5 billion monthly, prompting calls for accountability to enhance safety and security in the region.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Iraq
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Congress
Afghanistan
Senate
Republicans
United States
Middle East
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Abu Ghraib abuse critique and political fallout
The piece argues against defending Abu Ghraib abuses as mere media overreaction and condemns attempts to scapegoate soldiers. It notes Maj. Gen. Taguba and others describing widespread mistreatment, warns of similar patterns in other sites, and blames leadership for failing to prepare occupation forces.
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Abu Ghraib
James Inhofe
Rokla
Fallujah
Baghdad
Antonio Taguba
Afghanistan
Guantanamo
Cuba
Iraq
Honohadu Advertiser
University of Michigan Health System cuts costs via admission policy
UMS uses physician admission of errors and direct patient apologies to reduce malpractice lawsuits and compensate victims without court action. The approach contrasts with firm resistance to unwarranted monetary settlements, relying on honorable negotiations, a goal that may be utopian in practice.
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University of Michigan Health System
UMS
Baytown Sun invites editorials and letters to editor
The editorial board meets weekly at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and welcomes public discussion. Letters up to 360 words and guest columns up to 500 words are accepted with a writer photo. Submissions must be original, signed, include a return address, and may be edited or refused.
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Baytown Sun
David Broom
Wanda Gamer Cash
David Blcom
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Bloom
The
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Hbaytownsun
Editorial attack on Bloom’s May 7 piece sparks letter exchange
A reader blasts Sun Managing Editor David Bloom for an editorial about Iraq and WMDs as offensive and factually unfounded. The letter questions warnings about military action, denies a Pentagon cover up, defends U.S. treatment of prisoners, and criticizes Bloom for calls to grant Iraqi detainees access to attorneys. It challenges implied torture and suggests replacing U.S. leaders with international bodies.
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Sun
David Bloom
Bloom
Bush
Iraq
U.S
Pentagon
Blooms
United Nations
International Red Cross
Associated Press
Incarceration Rights Under Bush Texas System
A writer describes Texas prison abuse under Governor Bush, detailing inmate rights denial, alleged guard misconduct, and a spouse’s 12 year sentence for a prank. The piece condemns the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, cites an extortion charge, and accuses officials and the FBI of inaction in a large, politicized system.
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Bush
Texas
Rosemary Garcia
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
60 Minutes
FBI
Nation safer in Bush's hands campaign note
Cheri Wantland of Santa Fe Texas urges support for President Bush noting national safety and progress. The letter extols Bush as fearless and praying and urges Americans to vote for four more years, urging unity and action.
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Bush
Cheri
Wantland
Santa Fe
Texas
May 22 highlights recall rail robbery and world events
On May 22, 1868 seven Reno gang members robbed $96,000 near Marshfield Indiana. The day marks notable events including the first US reinsurance policy in Philadelphia 1761, Wagner’s birth 1813, the Savannah first Atlantic voyage 1819, the Pact of Steel 1939, the Truman Doctrine 1947, Apollo 10 rehearsal 1969, Nixon’s 1972 trip and Sri Lanka becoming a republic 1972, and Canada’s 1979 election shift away from Trudeau.
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Marshfield
Ind
Reno
United States
Philadelphia
Richard Wagner
Leipzig
Germany
Savannah
Liverpool
England
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Nixon
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ceylon
Republic of Lri Lanka
Baytown plans meters on Pearce Street south side
Baytown officials H E McKee and C D Middleton announced plans to install parking meters along the south side of Pearce Street from the telephone company building to Jones Street.
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Baytown
H.E. McKee
C.D. Middleton
Pearce Street
Telephone Company
Jones Street
American Red Cross
Liberty
Walking to church fuels worship and health choice
A church group invites a community to walk to services as a healthier habit. The piece discusses walking versus golf, quotes poets and historians, notes benefits for both body and mind, and urges readers to leave cars behind and walk to church.
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William Wordsworth
Wordsworth
Wilkie Collins
George M. Trevelyan
Britain
Viking Press
Samel Coleridge
Robert Jeffries
Coate Farmhouse
Swindon
Wiltshire
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