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RFK Jr.’s Cherry-Picked Science
One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promises as secretary of health and human services was to bring gold-standard science to our public…
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Report: Pharmaceutical tariffs will upend prices, supply
A new CEI report takes a close look at the complex, worldwide pharmaceutical supply chain to anticipate how forthcoming Trump tariffs might increase prices and…
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I, Pharmaceutical
The global pharmaceutical industry is complex. This is true not only in the number of countries involved but the range of products, the sets of…
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‘I’m Mo Green!’
CANCUN, Mexico — “I’m Mo Green!” bellowed the casino owner, suggesting that his uninvited but insistent suitor Michael Corleone appreciate their relative stations in the…
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Precaution without Principle
The European Parliament voted earlier this summer to change the way it regulates gene-splicing, or genetic modification (GM) technology, possibly opening the way…
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September Edition of Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “The…
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EU Over-REACH
The latest mutation of the Precautionary Principle–which would heavily regulate, if not prohibit, any product, technology or activity that is in any way incomplete–is…
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Europe’s REACH Exceeds Its Scientific Grasp
European regulatory officials have raised hostility to technological innovation to an art form. Their current medium of choice is the Precautionary Principle, which holds…
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Stockholm Syndrome
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a United Nations Environment Programme Convention, which bans or regulates industrial chemicals and pesticides. The…
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Brussels’ Bad Science Will Cost the World Dear
Regulatory officials in the European Union seem to be ignorant of the rule of holes: when you are in one, stop digging. Numerous analyses…
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The Brundtland Legacy
The five-year tenure of Gro Harlem Brundtland as head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has just come to an end. She leaves behind…
USA Today
Republican Senator, Auto-Safety Advocate Form Unlikely Alliance
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Drug Re-Importation Bill: Cheaper Drugs Today, But Fewer Medicines Tomorrow
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 or Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003—The vote by the U.S. House to allow the re-importation of…
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Much Ado About Nothing?
The last year has been a bad one for future AIDS victims. The U.N. AIDS conference in Barcelona was an activist circus. U.S. Secretary…
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Senate Vote a Setback for Public Health
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., July 24, 2003—The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a measure that would allow the Food…
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West Nile Virus: A Public Health Crisis?
Full article available in pdf format Public health officials can only hope that this summer doesn't see a repeat of last year's…
Roll Call
Fireworks Fly
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Recent Research Suggests…
There has been a great deal of ballyhoo this week over the decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require food products…
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Pharmaceutical Re-Imports Threaten Medical Innovation
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 18, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is opposing proposals to allow the re-importation of drugs from foreign…
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Rules May Save Fuel but Won’t Save Lives
When it comes to saving fuel, federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations are expensive, cumbersome and insidiously deadly. They force new technologies…
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New! CEI’s Politically Correct Periodic Table Mousepad
Preview of the mousepad available in pdf format. Learn the “new” chemistry from this mousepad guide to…
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Biotech Woes…and the Culprits
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America learned long ago that what's good for General Motors isn't necessarily good for the country.
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Two Groups Sue Transportation Department over Fuel Economy Standards
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On 114th Anniversary of Turning Point in Chemistry, CEI Unveils Politically Correct Periodic Table
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 Sam Kazman, 202.331.2265 …
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Biotech and Baby Food
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Warnings about one societal danger or another often portray children as the likeliest or…
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The EU’s Anti-Biotech Protectionist Weapon (Letter to the Editor)
America’s challenge to EU policies toward agricultural and food biotechnology is far more complex and subtle than is conveyed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert…
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OMB OTL? What good is a sleeping watchdog?
What would you do if federal lawmakers proposed increasing annual taxes by $8,000 per household? You, and many other taxpayers, would likely retaliate in…
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April/May edition of CEI’s Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Article in this edition:…
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Two Groups Sue Transportation Department over Fuel Economy Standards
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 The…
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West Nile Virus: Squashing those Myths Regarding Pesticide Spraying
With the mosquito-transmitted <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />West Nile virus in the news again, so too are many myths about…
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Will West Nile Virus Spoil Another Summer?
Contact for Interviews:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Jody Clarke, 202.331.2252 <?xml:namespace prefix =…
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Consensus Cons
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> It is a regrettable fact that most of the public is ignorant about science—not…
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Rethinking the Regulation of Bioengineered Crops
Full Document Available in PDF U.S. State Department conference, Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries, May 21,…
Roll Call
Trade War Looms as US Launches Challenge Over Transgenic Crops
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Mad-Cow Madness: What We Now Know about Mad-Cow Disease Shows the Folly of Excessive Precaution
When Oprah Winfrey stated on her show in 1996 that she'd never eat another hamburger, she was reacting to the remarks of Humane Society…
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Supporting a Risky Water Policy
As <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. environmentalists push policies to phase out use of chlorine gas at water-treatment plants, humanitarians…
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Spam, That Ill O’ The ISP
Full Document Available in PDF Most public attention has been focused on…
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Time for the GM Moratorium to Go
After months of anticipation, the U.S. government is expected to file a formal complaint today with the World Trade Organization against the European Union’s five-year…
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Biotech Trade Challenge a Boon for Developing World
Washington, D.C., May 13, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that it, along with Canada, Argentina,…
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Scientists Urge European Union to End Biotech Food Ban
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix…
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Utopian Policymaking: The Inherent Dangers of “Inherently Safer Technology”
What would you say if the federal government proposed phasing out large commercial airplanes? After all, they could argue that using only small planes with…
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Should FDA Force Switching of Rx Drugs to OTC?
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New Challenges, New Failures: The U.N.
The way in which scientific endeavors are pursued globally is marked by clear inequalities, said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a recent…
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Federal Auto Regulations Getting Deadlier
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., April 2, 2003—New federal fuel economy rules announced yesterday will make Americans less safe…
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Pediatric drug testing may be unhealthy
Even by Capitol Hill’s standards, last Tuesday’s press conference was an exceptionally self-congratulatory event. The occasion was the unveiling of the Pediatric Research Equity…
News Release
Pediatric Drug Testing Bill Could Prove Unhealthy
Washington, D.C., March 17, 2003—A controversial pediatric drug-testing bill will be unveiled at a Senate news conference tomorrow, but according to a…
CEI Planet
February Edition of CEI Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition:…
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Pediatric Drug Testing Bill Could Endanger Lives
Washington, D.C., February 26, 2003—A controversial pediatric drug-testing bill will soon be introduced in the Senate, but according to a public interest…
News Release
New Federal Rule on Alcohol Ads and Public Health
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., February 28, 2003—Today the U.S. Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (formerly…
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East Coast Snowstorm Shows Usefulness Of SUVs
Washington, D.C., February 20, 2003—Instead of being attacked for their vehicles, SUV owners this week heard only calls for help. From Virginia…
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Boost Your Environmental IQ Online
Washington, D.C., February 7, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is launching a new online feature, the "e-class" quiz, this week. The quiz, developed by CEI’s…
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Senators Introduce Deadly New Proposal
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2003 — Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) today proposed increasing the severity of one of the…
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Success Of New Book Shows: Many Americans Don’t Believe Gloom And Doom Theories
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2003—The Competitive Enterprise Institute is celebrating the success of its latest book on environmental issues,…
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SUV Owners Under Assault Again
Washington, D.C., January 8, 2003— A new campaign attacking SUVs and linking them to terrorism through our dependence on foreign oil is farcical…
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January Edition of CEI Monthly Planet
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “The Grim Green…
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Environmental, Other Regulations Under Scrutiny
Washington, D.C., December 20, 2002—From energy conservation standards for washing machines to labels on genetically modified food, many federal regulations are coming…
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Deadly Auto Regulations May Get Worse
Washington, D.C., December 12, 2002—The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is today announcing that it will propose an increase in the fuel economy standards…
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November/December 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “FDA’s Pediatric Rule…
Washington Post
Judge Rejects Drug Testing on Children
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West Nile Wakeup Bites
It became common in Washington’s parks during the summer to see mothers rubbing their children’s arms, faces, and legs with wipes pulled from…
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Measure 27 Clouds Otherwise Clear Choices
Full Policy Brief Available In PDF Format Summary Picture yourself in a grocery store.
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Eat, Drink, And Be Merry: Why Mandatory Biotech Food Labeling Is Unnecessary
Full Document Available in PDF…
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To Beat West Nile, Kill The Carrier
It is common in Washington’s parks these days to see mothers rubbing their children’s arms, faces and legs with wipes pulled from brightly…
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GM In Perspective
View the full Spiked debate forum on GM crops. 'If the field trials are allowed to progress unmolested, Britons…
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Europe’s Forgotten Promise
Delegates to this week's World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, will have to confront several stark ironies. Their lavish, $50 million soiree…
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Precautionary Principle May Do More Harm Than Good
Residents of a city facing a permanent threat from earthquakes know how important it is to exercise caution. Thus, it may seem reasonable for city,…
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Truth: It’s Not All Bad
Hormone Replacement Therapy has been all over the news since a recent trial revealed that HRT comes with some significant health risks. The trial,…
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EU Ratifies Biosafety Protocol
The European Union took yet another step away from the rational regulation of genetically modified crop plants and foods in late June, when it…
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Science vs. Presumption In Assessing Risk
Full Chapter Available in PDF Format On September 22, 2000, California Governor Gray Davis signed into…
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European move will stifle GMOs
Regulatory officials in the European Union seem to be ignorant of the Rule of Holes: When you're in a hole, stop digging. Repeated analyzes…
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Blessed Are The Poor With Spirit
This year's UN-sponsored World Food Summit just concluded with a grim reminder that the goal of cutting world hunger in half by 2015 set six…
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Biotech Critics Find A Little Goes A Long Way
In the fictional world of James Bond, the criminal group SPECTRE made a big business out of misusing technology to disrupt commerce, make money, and…
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Are Risk Assessment And The Precautionary Principle Equivalent?
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following paper was prepared for the June 20-21, 2002 International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology workshop on the Precautionary Principle,…
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The Precautionary Principle: Protectionism and Environmental Extremism by Other Means
The Precautionary Principle: Protectionism and Environmental Extremism by Other Means …
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Want to Avoid GM Foods? This Regulation Won’t Help
Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted to expand the EU’s labelling requirement for Genetically Modified foods. The measure, in the form of…
Washington Post
Cancer Doctors on the FDA
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Battling Hunger With Biotechnology
Needless restrictions on agricultural biotechnology would harm the world's ability to battle hunger in the 21st century, say Gregory Conko and C.S. Prakash, co-founders…
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FDA Too Slow to Approve New Medical Drugs and Devices
A new nationwide poll of cancer specialists sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute finds many of them believe the FDA is too slow in approving…
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A National Survey of Oncologists Regarding The Food And Drug Administration
Full Document Available in PDF A National Survey…
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Will California’s Senate Follow Assembly’s Lead And Pass Costly Auto Regulations?
Washington, D.C., April 26, 2002 — The California State Assembly has passed new regulations that could increase the cost of new cars and…
Washington Post
US Backs Pediatric Tests In Reversal on Drug Safety
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FDA Overreaches
Who could possibly oppose a pediatric-testing rule for drugs? For starters, physicians and parents who realize that while this rule is supposed to protect children,…
Washington Post
The Need to Test Drugs on Children
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New York Times Attacks CEI On FDA’s Pediatric Rule
Copyright © 2002 The New York Times <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Bush administration senselessly…
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Food Expert Applauds Science Journal’s Recognition Of Flawed Mexican Corn Study
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2002-The Competitive Enterprise Institute is encouraged by an admission today from the science journal Nature that a controversial article on…
Washington Post
Groups Challenge Ban on Health-Claims Labels
Washington Post
FDA to Suspend Rules for Testing Drugs on Children
USA Today
FDA Says Kids’ Drug Test not Compulsory
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CEI Ad Opposes Robert Redford’s Twisted Logic On Fuel Economy Standards
Full Document Available in PDF Format Summary ROBERT REDFORD,IF YOU’RE GOING TO PUT OUR LIVES AT RISKFOR THE SAKE…
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Robert Redford’s Latest ‘Role’ Misleads Americans About Dangers of Fuel Economy Standards
Washington, DC, March 20, 2002—Robert Redford may have given the most incredible performance of his career when he narrated radio ads recently for…
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New Fuel Economy Ad Campaign Misleading
Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002 — With the future of one of the federal government’s riskier regulations currently being debated in Washington, a…
USA Today
CAFE Society
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CAFE’s Yearly Death Toll: State By State
Full Document Available in PDF CAFE’s death toll figures broken down…
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February 2002 Edition of CEI Update
Full Document Available in PDF Articles in this edition: “Poised For A Broadband…
USA Today
CAFE Kills Both Jobs and Motorists
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Bailouts: Picking Winners and Losers
Last September, after barely two weeks of debate, Congress enacted legislation to bail out the nation's airlines. Intended to help repair the economic…
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Financial Aid For Airlines Calls For Careful Decision
Last September, after barely two weeks of debate, Congress enacted legislation to bail out the nation's airlines. Intended to help repair the economic…
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Greenpeace on the Defensive
After years of playing offense, Greenpeace is now finding itself on the defensive. In addition to pulling much of the anti-Bush administration propaganda from its…
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WHO Cares? World Health Organization Cares More About Its Own Life Than The Lives Of The Poor
Paul Dietrich was visiting Mozambique’s capital city, Maputo, during its civil war in 1984, when an educational billboard taught him a lesson he never…
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Airport Insecurity
DeLong Op-Ed in National Review Online Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge recently told Chris Matthews that airplane security ultimately depends on the passengers,…
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Uncle Sam’s Vaccines
Miller and Kazman Op-Ed in National Review Online The recent germ-warfare attacks are cause for concern, but so is one proposed government response:…
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Private Sector Is Better At Providing Airline Safety
Today, after weeks of stalemate in Congress, President Bush will sign the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. On the key sticking point, federalization…
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Armed Crews Can Protect Airliners
DeLong Op-Ed in The Providence Journal <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> The Senate recently passed an airport-security bill that contains…