Mueller aims bold FBI reorganization to curb terrorism
The piece praises Director Mueller for admitting the FBI failure to act on 9/11 warnings and outlines his plan to shift hundreds of agents to counterterrorism, hire 900 more, create an Office of Intelligence, and build a 2,100 agent unit plus 1,300 support officers with 25 CIA analysts advising. It cautions against blurring lines and civil liberties concerns while urging congressional review.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Mueller
FBI
Mueller
Coleen Rowley
Minneapolis
Bureau
Office of Intelligence
CIA
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King
Congress
Hypocrisy in Action: Reader Blasts Commissary Budget Cut
Peg Briney accuses the president of hypocrisy for addressing troops while proposing a 13 percent cut to commissary funding. She argues the benefit remains vital and questions balancing the budget on servicemembers' backs. The letter condemns the apparent contradiction in public stance versus policy.
D Day Invasion and Other Historic June Events
June 6 2002 marks the 157th day of the year with history noting the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy and World War I Belleau Wood start in 1918. Other milestones include the YMCA founding in 1844 and Chrysler Corp. creation in 1925. The first drive in theater opened in 1933 in Camden New Jersey.
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Europe
Normandy
France
Belleau Wood
U.S
Walter Percy Chrysler
The
Chrysler Corp
Camden
N.J
Local art show and Merit Mother honors announced
The Territorial Gallery in Roswell invites the public to view oil paintings by Sara McGee and photographs by Ken Cobean. Jewelene Hunter of Roswell is named 1977 Merit Mother and will attend a Governor's Mansion tea in Santa Fe. Fifty-two Roswell students make the Eastern New Mexico University Roswell dean’s list for spring 1977.
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Territorial Gallery
E. Fifth St
Sara McGee
Ken Cobean
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
John Gillis
Campaign rhetoric distracts from New Mexico drought crisis
The piece notes state Rep. John Sanchez in six day before the Republican primary mailed claims accusing Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley of collusion with Sen. Manny Aragon. It laments the distraction from deep water shortages and looming drought impacting Albuquerque Las Vegas Rio Grande Valley and Santa Fe.
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Albuquerque
John Sanchez
Walter Bradley
Senate
Manny Aragon
Bradley
Aragon
Sanchez
New Mexico City
Santa Fe
Rio Grande Valley
Peter
Paul
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande
Bill Richardson
White House Faces Lose-Lose Probe On 9 11 Preceding Attacks
The Bush administration braces for a joint Senate House intelligence inquiry starting next week into the events before the September 11 terrorist attacks. Officials warn the probe may be a PR loss while seeking top secret documents, as prior inquiries showed officials sometimes faced consequences and the press plays a pivotal role in driving action.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Senate House
White House
FBI
Robert
Donald A. Ritchie
Senate
Teapot Dome
Warren G. Harding
Naval Oil Reserve
Ritchie
Mubarak presses U S role in Middle East talks and Palestinian state plan
Mubarak urges U S intercession in Israel Palestine talks and backs a Palestinian state. He warns that without heavyweight mediation the region risks entrapment, notes Egypt’s improved intelligence and signals possible trip to Tel Aviv to push negotiations and a broader peace framework.
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Israel/Palestine front
Mubarak
United States
Bush
Congress
White House
Arafat
Barak
Tel Aviv
Palestinian Authority
Anwar Sadat
Immedi
Gaza
Israel
Sharon
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Young Men's Christian Association
London
Ce Pest Neus-Ji
Fall
Harry Daughtery
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Army
Navy
State Department
Defense Department
Cal
Thomas
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
al- Qaida
Cairo
William F
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