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  • Perchlorate report draws fire

    05/05/2004 9:33:17 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 6 replies · 161+ views
    Associated Press ^ | May 5, 2004 | ERICA WERNER
    WASHINGTON - The Pentagon missed a deadline for sending Congress a report on perchlorate contamination at defense sites nationwide, prompting complaints Monday from California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein, the top Democrat on the appropriations subcommittee that handles military construction, released a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld saying she was "deeply disappointed" the department missed Friday's congressionally mandated deadline. "Additionally, I am troubled by the fact that the department has consistently avoided providing information to Congress about perchlorate contamination on Defense Department sites, and describing what, if anything, it has done to remediate the contamination," Feinstein wrote. Perchlorate, an ingredient...