Bush taps Myers to head Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Bush nominated Air Force Gen Richard Myers to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff replacing Gen Henry Shelton. Myers, 59, former head of Space Command, would help the military meet future threats if confirmed by the Senate.
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Bush urges restraint on sensitive issues in defense push
President Bush defends a major shift in the Defense Department while urging budget discipline. He rejects gossip over Chandra Levy and reiterates limits on embryonic stem cell research. He pushes Arafat to intensify anti terror efforts and opposes a UN racism conference tied to Zionism. Myers accepts appointment as defense chief. Pace named vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
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Young shark attack victim improving after reattachment
Eight year old Jessie Arbogast of Ocean Springs Mississippi shows signs of improvement after his right arm was reattached following a July shark attack at the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Doctors report reduced agitation and the patient remains in stable condition.
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Missing Yale student Natasha Smalls calls home from South Africa
New York AP report says Natasha Smalls, 20, a Yale student on a Fulbright at the University of Natal in Durban, phoned her mother crying and begging to be fetched. Her mother cited a Thursday call in which Natasha spoke of fear and being confined in a Zimbabwe psychiatric hospital and given injections.
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