Lawmaker grid on food stamps cash out pilots slows welfare reform
Washington negotiators restrict state experiments converting food stamps into cash and wages. The compromise limits new pilot projects, delaying welfare reform as states push the Agriculture Department to fund cash out incentives for work and wage subsidies. The move comes amid broader debates on abortion clinic violence and White House personnel shifts.
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Millions choose not to become US citizens
Immigrants with green cards often stay noncitizens citing bureaucratic hurdles and strong ties to home nations. INS launches a citizenship drive to ease integration and counter anti immigrant sentiment, while noting 6.5 million of 10 million green card holders meet five year residency for eligibility.
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Boy Attacked by Dogs Loses Arm in Nashville
Two year old Tyler Throneberry of Murfreesboro Tenn. is sedated in Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital after a neighbor’s dogs mauled his left arm through a fence. Doctors could not reattach the limb.
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Pentagon stealth hedge keeps nuclear arsenal options open
The Clinton administration plans a hedge in nuclear policy by keeping reserve warheads and facilities to quickly rearm if needed. Defense Secretary Perry said flexibility allows shrinking the arsenal while preserving the ability to reverse cuts, with ICBMs kept as part of the triad to enable potential quick upscaling.
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Navy Reserve orders weekend off due to funding shortfall
Thousands of Navy reservists will not report for weekend drills as the Navy Reserve runs out of money a week before the fiscal year ends. About 20,000 reservists were told not to appear for regular training in the latest government cutback ordered by Rear Adm. Tom Hall, commander of the naval forces.
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