Army leaders press for increase in stretched budget
Army officials told lawmakers the next year's budget is about 9 billion short as active duty forces, National Guard and reserves are stretched. With 183000 soldiers and 38000 civilians deployed in 120 countries, plus 36000 Guard and reserve soldiers on homeland duty, leaders warned of ongoing strains and announced a projected 9 to 9.5 billion shortfall for the Army's needs.
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Washington
Army
Army National Guard
Tom White
House Armed Services Committee
Balkans
Saudi Arabia
Sinai Peninsula
Korea
Eric Shinseki
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
Shinseki
John McHugh
R-N.y
White House
Skelton
Navy
Curt Weldon
R-Pa
Bush nominee defends Census data adjustment decision
President Bush's pick for Census Bureau head, Louis Kincannon, defended the agency's stance against releasing adjusted population data while leaving room for future use. He said data adjusted by sampling could be released after further scientific review, but current efforts to date will not yield robust adjusted figures for redistricting. Republicans urged repair of a rift with the CBO over access to census data.
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Washington
Bush
Census Bureau
Senate
Louis Kincannon
Bureau
Kincannon
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Congressional Budget Office
Carbondale Officer Honored on National Memorial Plan
McSmith and relatives attend a planned Washington memorial ceremony in May to unveil Echols on the monument for the Carbondale officer killed in the line of duty in 1933. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial lists 15,448 names. the Illinois Police Officers Memorial has 822 names.
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Carbondale
Sizemore
McSmith
Steve
Florida
Washington, D.C
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
New York City
Isaac Smith
Illinois Police Officers Memorial
Bev Lane
Ethanol Compromise Aims to Boost Corn Fuel in Energy Bill
A Senate energy bill likely to gain broad bipartisanship would boost ethanol use from 1.7 to 5 billion gallons over a decade. The plan would also ban MTBE within four years and drop the 2 percent oxygenate rule in high pollution areas, balancing oil, environmental, and farm-state interests.
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Senate
Congress
Midwest
Environmental Protection Agency
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Weather worries loom as winter storm nears Williamson County
Southern Illinois faces potential snow and hazardous driving as a cold front approaches. County engineer Jim Webb says crews will hook up plows and spreaders after shift, with salt and cinders ready. Saluki fan John Saunders plans to brave conditions for Arch Madness in St. Louis, awaiting hotel access and watching the game if travel becomes impossible.
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Illinois
Jim Webb
Williamson County Highway Department
John Sanders
Chester
St. Louis
Saunders
Mariott Hotel
Carbondale Benefits From Best Buy Holiday Inn Projects
Carbondale gains construction activity as Best Buy and a new prototype Holiday Inn & Suites move forward. The hotel aims for a summer 2003 opening near the Hampton Inn, with a Golden Corral planned east of it. Best Buy will occupy the University Place site previously Kroger East, on Illinois 13 and Reed Station Road.
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Carbondale
Best Buy
Holiday Inn
Hotel & Suites
Trace Brown
Hampton Inn
Brown
Brown Company
Illinois 13
Reed Station Road
E. Main St
Hospitality Specialists
Minneapolis
University Place
Kroger East
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Jackson County
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Leonard Sizemore
Williamson County
Webb
Cunigal.research, Inc
Rt. 13 East
Lawn & Garden Center
Southern Illinios Inc
E. DeYoung
Marion, IL
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