Texas View: Support High Speed Rail for Texas
Opinion piece urging Houston to embrace a privately funded Houston to Dallas high speed rail. Argues over 12 billion investment, fears over eminent domain, and NIMBY opposition threaten Texas infrastructure progress. Praises past Houston growth and calls legislators to back the project.
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Texas
Houston
College Station
Texas Central Partners
Buffalo Bayou
Globe
Houston Chronicle
Lawmakers and Officials Contact Details Shared
A compilation lists federal and state lawmakers with office addresses in Washington and Texas, including U.S. Representatives Mike Conaway Tom Craddick Brooks Landgraf and Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. It provides phone numbers emails and district offices in Midland Odessa and Austin for constituent inquiries.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Midland Pao
Conaway
House
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington
D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Cruz
Tom Craddick
Republican
Capitol
P.O
Austin
Tinyurl
Brooks Landgraf
West 4Th St
Capitol Extension
Brooks
Landgraf
House State
Trump must decide on Afghanistan war endgame
Column notes Trump’s pledge to win wars but questions whether he can or will redefine strategy. It traces Afghanistan since 2001, the tug of escalation versus withdrawal, and contrasts past leaders decisions with today’s debate. It cites Gen Nicholson, Rajan Menon, and others to argue holding actions won’t yield victory.
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Donald Trump
America
Afghanistan
U.S
Reuters
Kabul
Taliban
Islamic State
al-Qaida
George W. Bush
Iraq
Barack Obama
Trump
John Nicholson
Senate
William J. Astore
Rajan Menon
City College of New York
Columbia University
Congress
Menon
United States
Bolivia
Bush
Obama
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