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For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryMarch 7, 2006 Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of...

April 4, 2005: American infantry are beginning to fear that the U.S. Air Force will take away their UAVs. And therein lies a very curious situation. After half a century of losing out to the U.S. Air Force in the competition for budget dollars, the American Army is making a major comeback. Ironically, it’s all about technology. The air force has always touted its mastery of high tech as a reason to get more money than the army. But the cheap and abundant tech has created new devices, namely smart bombs, UAVs and “smart binoculars,” that are putting a lot...

CONGRESS LEANING TOWARD 3.5% RAISE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS Thu Nov 18 2004 20:06:33 ET Key members of Congress and staff worked Thursday night to wrap up a fiscal 2005 spending package for federal agencies, and Capitol Hill aides predicted that the legislation would include a provision for a 3.5 percent pay raise for federal employees. WASH POST reporting on Firday: Despite losing every pay raise vote this year, the Bush administration tried Thursday to hang tough on the proposed raise. The White House budget office released a five-page letter to House and Senate appropriators on the spending package and repeated...

<p>NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER, Iraq -- This started as a good news story about bringing water to the desert. It still is, even though the water's not flowing yet. That's because this is also a story about why it is so hard to get things done in postwar Iraq.</p>

<p>I recently read an interesting article titled The Talent Myth— about the notion that if you take a bunch of talented people and put them into an organization, you can expect thereby to get a talented organization.</p> <p>It turns out not to be necessarily the case, but it got me to thinking.</p>

KfallsArizona Fire - Personal ReportThu Jun 27 10:43:09 2002152.163.201.69 Subject: FIRES: Re: Fires Burning in America - from buckland Folks,Here is another *personal report* from the FIRES zone. Pay attention to these personal reports - they seldom make the major media and are not subject to some reporter/editors spin. Many thanks to all who have taken the time to let us know the true story going on.Jackie JunttiWGEN idzrus@earthlink.net To: idzrus@earthlink.netDate: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:39:15 -0600Subject: Fw: Re: Fires Burning in AmericaFrom: gary l buckland Dear Jackie - It is a hobby of mine to "flip over" a lot...