Jose Garcia, a retired NASA technical assistant, said budget cuts throughout the 1990s resulted in the elimination of many safety checks during launch preparations. He went public with his concerns, all the way to President Clinton, but said nothing changed.
"The managers always say, `It's safer than it's ever been. Safety first.' All those words come easy," Garcia said.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030202_635.htmlNancy Pelosi is wasting no time getting the Dems, prone to posting presidential criticisms in cant that only a nerd could love, on message with big metaphors. Says plain-talkin' Nancy, "The president's tax plan is a 'Joe Millionaire' tax plan ... it romances middle class Americans with the promise of big bucks, but in the end the surprise is ... they get pennies." ...
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