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Flashback

"Looking through some old files, I discovered an Associated Press article that was published in the Star Tribune, March 23, 1996. The story revealed that increasing US troop demands for Bosnia led our government to pay more than $500 million to Houston-based Brown and Root for construction of barracks, latrines, and other necessities. A General Accounting Office report cited $327 million in budget overruns on an original estimate of $192 million. Dick Cheney, former defense secretary and now vice president of the United States, headed the company."

Arms Spending, China, and Foreign Policy

" . . . The US defence industry is dominated by a few contractors such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and TRW. All have vested interest in playing up threats to U.S. interests . . . Many on the Republican right believe that the only long-term threat to U.S. dominance will come from China. One way to curb China's growth is to force it to commit more money to defence, and NMD (national missile defense system) is a way of doing just this . . . A dominant world view coalescing around the Bush administration is that the U.S. is the true leader of the civilised world, with a historic duty to promote the liberal market and the Western way of life . . ."

UN Scientists Analyze Kosovo Shell Fragments

" . . . Fragments of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition found in Kosovo were made with reprocessed fuel from nuclear reactors, the UN confirmed last week, raising fears on the risks of contamination . . . The discovery came as the commander of British forces in the Gulf war called for a full public inquiry into claims that exposure to depleted uranium weapons caused serious illnesses among British troops. He also suggested compensation for afflicted service personnel . . . Further analysis is being carried out in five European laboratories to determine radioactivity levels . . . There are two types of depleted uranium, known as "clean" and "dirty." It had been assumed the material used in U.S. shells was the clean kind, obtained as a side-product of extracting uranium 235 from ore to make nuclear fuel or arms. "Dirty" DU is what is left when the fuel has been through a nuclear reaction. It may be contaminated with traces of far more dangerous isotopes such as plutonium and other highly radio-active particles . . ."

Co-sponsors of the Co-candidates
Corporations that invested at least $100,000 in BOTH Al Gore and George W. Bush

AFLAC
Air Transport Association
Anheuser-Busch
American Airlines
American Express
American Financial Group
American Gas Association
Amerian International Group
America Online
ARCO
AT&T
Bechtel Group
BellSouth
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Boeing
Bond Market Association
BP Amoco
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Cellular Telecom Ind. Association
Chevron
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
Dominion Resources
Edison Electric Inst.
Enron
Ernst & Young
Federal Express
GAF
General Dynamics
Global Crossing
Intl. Game Technology
Lockheed Martin
Loews Corporation
MBNA Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Metabolife International
MGM Grand
Microsoft
Mirage Resorts
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
National Association of Homebuilders
Northwest Airlines
Ocean Spray
Pacific Gas & Electric
Paine Webber
Pfizer
Prudential Insurance
Rite-Aid
SBC Communications
Schering-Plough
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Securities Industry Association
Sprint
Teligent
The Limited
Union Pacific
United Airlines
US Airways
US West
Verizon
Walt Disney