Panel faces accountability over Gulf War illness probe
The White House panel investigating Persian Gulf War veterans illnesses will answer a congressional committee about why it fired chemical-warfare expert Jonathan B. Tucker. He was dismissed after pursuing evidence beyond government sources, protesting the panel’s final report which urged Defense Department control of ongoing inquiries.
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Jonathan B. Tucker
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
State Department
Tucker
Government Reform Subcommittee On Human Resources
Defense Department
Pentagon
Robyn Y. Nishimi
National Institutes of Health
Quarter century of work pays off in cancer advances
Twenty five years after the National Cancer Act, scientists report the first sustained decline in cancer deaths. Houston’s Texas Medical Center highlights breakthroughs in genetics and prevention, with surgery, radiation, and medicines improving survival. cancer remains a multi disease label needing varied cures.
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Richard Nixon
Houston
Texas Medical Center
Modern state excesses dwarf monarchies, Sobran argues
Sobran contends that governments killed about 200 million people in the 20th century, with communist regimes most culpable. He contrasts monarchies with republics, arguing that centralized modern states wield vast power, often eroding constitutional limits while monarchies seemed less oppressive. He cites Lenin, Stalin, Mao and appeals from Arlington, Virginia.
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Mao
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Gsannb
Tesquaae
Napoleon
Europe
George III
James
Bill Clinton
Washington
Elizabeth I
Utopia
Commonwealth of Virginia
London
Versailles
Moscow
North America
Fetal rights debate sparks brutal abortion discourse
A Boston Herald column argues Canada lacks fetal homicide laws and cites US cases to claim fetuses possess full humanity. It discusses Brenda Drummond and a string of prosecutions, urging readers to view unborn life as human from conception to birth.
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Ontario
Canada
Drummond
Marcy Gilbert
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
Jonathan
U.S
Florida
Krystal Zuniga
Krystal
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Gregory Robbins
Wisconsin
Deborah Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Sheng Ba
Amy
Jene
Grossberg
Delaware
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Taki
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Amy Grossberg
Feder
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Don Feder
Mallard
Illmore
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