Bush signs $355 billion military spending bill
President Bush signed the $355.5 billion defense package the largest in 20 years, boosting wartime Pentagon funding by about $34 billion for fiscal 2003. Highlights include 4.1 percent military pay raise, $72 billion for weapons, $58 billion for research and development, and $7 billion for ballistic missile defense.
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U S Pressures U N on Iraq Measure at Security Council
The United States pressed the U N Security Council to adopt a tough new Iraq disarmament measure despite opposition from France and Russia. Talks remain unresolved with the permanent five veto powers as Washington offers concessions and keeps key demands on a stringent inspection regime and breach findings.
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Publicist Lizzie Grubman Sentenced to 60 Days in Hamptons Crash
Lizzie Grubman, publicist to the stars, begins a 60 day jail term for backing her Mercedes into a crowd outside a Southampton nightclub in 2001. She pleads guilty to leaving the scene and a misdemeanor assault, with 280 hours of community service and five years probation. Witnesses cited a bouncer’s demand to move the car and Grubman’s alleged insult.16 injured in the incident highlighted class tensions between locals and wealthy summer visitors.
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Allied planes strike Iraqi defense sites in third wave
U S defense officials say Allied aircraft bombed two southern Iraq air defense targets near Al Jarrah and Tallil in the no fly zones. The strikes marked the 52nd day of such actions this year as coalition forces used precision guided weapons amid anti aircraft fire from Iraqi forces.
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Bush names poet to head National Endowment for the Arts
Dana Gioia 51, a poet critic and translator, is President Bushs choice to lead the NEA. He won the 2002 American Book Award for Interrogations at Noon and authored Can Poetry Matter. If confirmed, he would succeed Michael Hammond who died in January after a brief tenure.
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