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The Associated Press Updated: 2:06 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2004 WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress on Wednesday to deal with the country’s escalating budget deficit by cutting benefits for future Social Security retirees. Without action, he warned, long-term interest rates would rise, seriously harming the economy. In testimony before the House Budget Committee, Greenspan said the current deficit situation, with a projected record red ink of $521 billion this year, will worsen dramatically once the baby boom generation starts becoming eligible for Social Security benefits in just four years. He said the prospect of the retirement...

Arnold backs immigrant candidacy By Audrey Hudson THE WASHINGTON TIMES California's Austrian-born governor says foreign-born citizens should be able to run for president and he supports a constitutional amendment to make it happen. "There's many, many, many people here that have worked within a government and have done an extraordinary job and not have been born in America," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican, told NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday. "I think that there are so many people here in this country that are now from overseas, immigrants that are doing such a terrific job with the work, bringing businesses here, and...

Hello folks, I thought you might be interested in joining me in expressing our collective opinion on a News 12 Gun Control Legislation poll. News 12 is a big source of information for those of us in the Greater NY area and as it stands, those who feel that we need more gun control legislation are ahead in this poll. You will find the poll HERE Thank you for your time.

Does anyone have today's Times of London article which links the French to Iraq: Dossier reveals France briefed Iraq on US plans Matthew Campbell, Baghdad France gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with American officials, documents unearthed in the wreckage of the Iraqi foreign ministry have revealed If you can't post it, could you freep-mail it to me? Thanks.