Republicans Pick HUD-Grown Plums
HUD top housing office directors increasingly include Republicans with GOP credentials. At least 14 of 32 area directors are GOP linked, while nine career officials earned the posts. Names include Wayne Babbitt, Carroll Oakes, Elmer Smith, Creeley Buchanan, Robert Breeden, and Jon Pitts among others.
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Washington
Federal Service
Department of Housing and Urban Development
C. March Miller
HUD
George Romney
Miller
Elmer Smith
St. Louis
Missouri
Creeley S. Buchan
Manchester
N.H
Robert H. Breeden
Oklahoma City
Oakes
Knoxville
Jon W. Pitts
Birmingham
Ala
Frank D. Cerabone
Buffalo
N.Y
New York State Assembly
Lawrence L. Thompson
Hartford
Indianapolis
Guy J. Birch
Omaha
U.S
James H. Price
San Francisco
Fergus A. Theibert
Columbus
Ohio
Charles J. Lieberth
Pittsburgh
M. Daniel Richardson Jr
Boston
New Hospitals Delayed by Health Insurance Debate
VA Administrator Donald Johnson says decisions on new hospital construction are on hold as the administration weighs the impact of a national health insurance plan. The report notes VA has struggled to prioritize modernization while funds flow to maintaining existing facilities and air conditioning work proceeds at some hospitals.
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OMB
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Pennsylvania
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Johnson
Gaylord Shaw
Georgia
Texas
Vermont
New York
Iowa
Nebraska
Perry Point
Forest Hills Medical Hospital
Augusta
Forest Hills
Congress
Amarillo
Kerrville
Tex
White River Junction
Brooklyn
Northport
N.Y
Iowa City
Omaha
Neb
Army consultant helps POW MIA families seek support
Iris Powers, a Phoenix widow and mother of a missing pilot, advised the Army on two dozen recommendations to aid next of kin. The actions include family therapy, a guidance booklet, improved property return, and a task force to prepare families for possible nonreturn. Powers notes communication gaps and says most POW/MIA families grapple with military life unfamiliarity. Her son is among 1,623 Americans listed as captured or missing.
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Phoenix
Army
Powers
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Washington
Army Cwo
Lowell S. Powers
Defense Department
Baltimore
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
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