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SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Controller Steve Westly on Monday nominated Proposition 71 campaign chairman Robert Klein II to head the oversight committee that will guide the landmark $3 billion stem cell research initiative approved by voters last month. The governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer and controller each nominate candidates for chairman and vice chairman of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, with the selection to be made by the committee's 27 members Friday at University of California, San Francisco. Schwarzenegger and Westly's choice for vice chair is former biotech executive Edward Penhoet. Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and Treasurer Phil...

Revealed: U.N.'s plan for world governmentWND probe unearths plot for global taxation, gun control, standing army Posted: May 20, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The United Nations and the United States are engaged in a major battle over American sovereignty – the last major impediment to global governance – according to the May edition of WND's acclaimed monthly magazine, Whistleblower. Titled "THE NEW WORLD RE-ORDER," this special edition lays bare the United Nation's plan for global governance. The U.N.'s plan, dubbed "Our Global Neighborhood," is a 410-page final report of the Commission on Global Governance, and was first published in 1995...