Bush appeal raises nearly 1.5 million for Afghan children
President Bush urged schoolchildren to donate to Afghanistan relief and nearly 1.46 million dollars arrived for America's Fund for Afghan Children. Donations came in cash folded in notes or hundreds from flower-pots fundraisers and chores.
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Bush
America
Afghanistan
American Red Cross
Utah
Red Cross
Leslie VanSant
Bernadine Healy
Kelsea Tackett
North Coast Christian Academy
Lorain
Ohio
Bipartisan push tightens border and visa security
Four senators from both parties unite to tighten border security and visa screening. The plan, tied to an appropriations bill, would fund tech upgrades, biometrics, and an interoperable database while boosting INS, border patrol, and airport screening staffing.
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Washington
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Jon Kyl
R-Ariz
United States
Kennedy
Investigators urge delay on Yucca Mountain waste decision
GAO draft report urges indefinite postponement of a site recommendation for a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain Nevada. It notes at least 293 technical issues unresolved and some likely not settled until 2006, risking failure to open by 2010.
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Bush Administration
Nevada
General Accounting Office
Yucca Mountain
Energy Department
Department
Congress
Winston & Strawn
GAO
Associated Press
Bechtel Saic Co
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tion
Investigative Agency of
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Joe Davis
Davis
GAO Review
Washington Post
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Capitol Hill
Reid
Kenny Quick
Federal Project
Las Vegas
Bush
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Chris Harrington
University of California
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Border Patrol
INS
Hula L. Mor
Mrnh Bs, Oh
Congressional
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