Texas offers 20 million for Fort Hood road boosts
AUSTIN proposes a 20 million fund to upgrade highways near Fort Hood if the Defense Department houses more troops at the Central Texas Army post. The plan also notes Fort Bliss in El Paso could absorb more personnel. A San Antonio task force seeks a two year base closure delay to 2007, to be debated in a conference committee.
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Fort Bliss
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San Antonio
Washington
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Texas Senators Push Feds to Close Foreign Bases First
Texas senators urge Defense Department to prioritize foreign installations before domestic ones. Since 1988 the U.S. has closed 97 bases at home, with a 2005 round possible to exceed that. Secretary Rumsfeld seeks a 24 percent cut, aiming by 2011 to save about 8 billion dollars annually.
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Defense Department
U.S
Donald Rumsfeld
Reflection on battle and faith in the Word of God
A pastor uses a biblical soldier parable from Ephesians 6 to urge Christians to pick up the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and advance in spiritual battle. The piece then shifts to local tech news about free Wi-Fi access in Texas and a Texas TAKS update, followed by a poll on Governor Perry and Strayhorn with campaign finance figures.
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Andy Pruitt
Living Water Foursquare Church
First Foursquare Church
Christian
Reader
Texans
Austin
Capitol
Texas
Texas Department of Transportation
Txdot
Rick Perry
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Strayhorn
Perry
TCP Officers Visit Washington and PIE Tour Highlights
PCG President Rickey Bearden and Vice President Mike Hughes led Texas cotton producers to Washington DC July 12 14 to press cotton issues with USDA and Congress including Farm Bill support. The group also joined aides and briefings with lawmakers and agency staff and discussed risk management and deferred appraisal solutions for 2005. California Arizona New Mexico producers joined PIE Tour High Plains visit to Lubbock and nearby sites showcasing irrigation and production practices. A High Plains Ag Expo is set for August 24 26 in Dumas Texas with CEU and CCA credits offered.
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TCP
Washington
Shawn Wade
Rickey Bearden
Mike Hughes
Texas
USDA
Congress
Bearden
Hughes
Usda Agency
Max Sandlin
Chet Edwards
Mac Thornberry
Ron Paul
Charles Stenholm
Randy Neugebauer
Henry Bonilla
Solomon Ortiz
John Cornyn
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Jim Butler
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
David Hatch
Risk Management Agency
al Jennings
Office of
Pest Management Policy
Scott Sanford
Farm Service Agency
Fibers Analysis Group
Carol Skelly
Usda World Outlook Board
National Cotton Council
Christopher Smith
CA/AZ
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Arizona
New Mexico
Texas High Plains
Producer
Southwest
High Plains
Daniel W
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Dos Palos
Andrew Clark
Tranquility
Nathan Jurva
Carlsbad
Vincent Marshall
Fresno
Bob Prys
Riverdale
Rodney Swan
Cibola
United Cotton Growers Cooperative Gin
Hockley County
American Cotton Growers Denim Mill
Littlefield
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
Farmers Cooperative Compress
Pyco Industries
Lubbock
Lamesa
Ag-Cares
Rolling Plains
Woody Anderson
Abilene
San Angelo
FMC Corporation
High Plains Ag
Dumas
CEU
CCA
Oklahoma
Kansas
Porter urges region focused rural policy and productivity rise
Thomas D Rowley reports on Michael Porter’s rural development briefing. Porter says rural economies are not dismal overall, urging region specific strategies that unite rural and urban areas, boost productivity, foster innovations, and provide research training and capital. He notes a missing policy framework and underfunded Rural Strategic Investment Program.
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E.F. Hutton
E.F Hutton
Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
Harvard Business School
Michael Porter
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Washington
America
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