Bush meets with lawmakers in Austin on missile defense
Lawmakers from both parties held a closed door defense issues meeting in Austin to lobby President elect Bush on missile defense. Bush gave a pre inauguration sales pitch and said defending America and allies is essential. he pledged to listen while noting executive input, but Congress decides on budgets. The session included senators Warner Sisisky and other leaders, with Cheney and Rice present.
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Austin
Tex
Bush
Armed Services
America
Legislative Branch
Chiefs of the Armed Services
Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
John Warner
R-Va
Armed Services Committee
Dick Cheney
Condoleezza Rice
Warner
Defense
Norman Sisisky
D-Va
George W. Bush
Navy
Forest chief pushes full protection for old growth forests
U S Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck directs national forest supervisors to map and safeguard remaining old growth, extending beyond Clinton's roadless plan. The policy targets all old-growth areas including matrix lands, aims to reduce wildfire risk, and preserves ecological and social values amid fire and logging history.
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Ore
U.S. Forest Service
Clinton
Mike Dombeck
Bush
Dombeck
Duke University
Durham
N.C
America
Teddy Roosevelt
National Forests
Northeast
Great Lakes
Forest Service
Chris Wood
Washington, D.C
Brenda Sweet
South Lake Tahoe
Calif
Lawrence Douglas County weigh plans for bike network
Douglas County and Lawrence officials pursue a bicycle lane network with a 509000 dollar grant aim. Lanes would run on North Iowa Street Lakeview Road 15th Street 19th Street and Nai smith Drive linking Lawrence and Lecompton and feeding to KU corridors. The Bicycle Advisory Commission targets about 40 miles by 2005 with an 80 percent likelihood if grants are approved. Jim Turner Lawrence Bicycle Club president notes progress while advocating a western to eastern path connections for residents and recreation users to U.S. 59 Clinton Lake and nearby counties. The total project cost is about 555000 dollars with 20 percent funded by city and county agencies.
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KDOT
Lawrence
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Lakeview Road
15Th Street
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Naismith Drive
Young
Bicycle Advisory Commission
23Rd Street
Kansas University
1750
Lecompton
Douglas County
U.S. 59
Clinton Lake
Lone Star
Douglas County State Lake
Baldwin
Jim Turner
Lawrence Bicycle Club
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