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Seeking FREEPer Reaction to: Bush's budget cuts make cancer even scarier By Bob Herbert San Gabriel Valley Tribune The federal government has a national breast and cervical cancer early detection program, run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It provides screening and other important services to low-income women who do not have health insurance or are underinsured. There is agreement across the board that the program is a success. It saves lives, and it saves money. Its biggest problem is it doesn't reach enough women. At the moment, there is only enough funding to screen one in five...

The Kerry campaign is misleading Americans and distorting the facts of his intelligence record. Their flailing attacks and efforts to distract from his record do not change the facts. John Kerry missed 76 percent of Senate Intelligence meetings during his time on the Committee (1993-2000). John Kerry also proposed $6 billion in across the board intelligence cuts in 1994, the year after the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Kerry's Poor Attendance John Kerry skipped 38 of 49 public intelligence hearings during his time on the Senate Intelligence Committee. This count is based on records where Kerry's name was...