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• Report: CIA hired contractors to help hit al Qaeda

  BNET - 2009-08-20

  WASHINGTON AP - The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al Qaeda, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.The contracts, which were unsuccessful, were canceled several years ago, the person told The Associated Press. He...

  Tags: U.S. Congress, program, CIA

• DTN News: U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  DTN News: U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban*Source: DTN News / The New York Times By James RisenNSI News Source Info WASHINGTON - August 10, 2009: Fifty Afghans believed to be drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban have been placed on a Pentagon target list...

  Tags: policy, U.S. Senate, NATO, Afghanistan, Pentagon

• Positive Clinical Data for PBI-1402 Presented at the Annual Congress of the European Hematology Association

  - 2008-06-14

  ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) ("ProMetic") today presented results on its orally-active PBI-1402 compound in clinical trial in patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia ("CIA") at the 13th Congress of the European Hematology Association held in Copenhagen, Denmark this week. Dr. Lyne Gagnon, ProMetic's Director R&D, Biology, presented data on...

  Tags: anemia, CIA, patient, U.S. Congress

• I Go to Work for the "Largest PR Agency" in the World, and find myself beginning a 12-year war with the CIA

  - 2008-04-01

  In August 1950, Angelina, my bride of two years, and I arrived in Washington, D.C., ready to take on the world of politics, demagoguery, primitive public relations, red-baiting politicians, sex scandals and globe-spanning news. The moment we stepped off the train that had taken us from Sioux City, Iowa, we...

  Tags: CIA, MARKETING, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of State

• The President's radio address

  - 2008-03-17

  March 8, 2008 Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the men and women who work tirelessly to keep us safe. Because of their hard work and the efforts of many across all levels of government, we have not...

  Tags: attack, CIA, radio, U.S. Congress

• Message to the House of Representatives returning without approval the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008"

  - 2008-03-17

  March 8, 2008 To the House of Representatives: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 2082, the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008." The bill would impede the United States Government's efforts to protect the American people effectively from terrorist attacks and other threats because it...

  Tags: authorization, CIA, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate

• Radio Address by the President to the Nation

  - 2008-03-08

  WASHINGTON -- THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the men and women who work tirelessly to keep us safe. Because of their hard work, and the efforts of many across all levels of government, we have not...

  Tags: attack, CIA, radio, U.S. Congress

• Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation

  - 2008-03-08

  To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: White House Press Office, +1-202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of the radio address by President Bush to the nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the...

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• Press Gaggle by Dana Perino

  - 2008-02-14

  WASHINGTON -- *Because the Press Secretary's briefing was cancelled today, the gaggle transcript from this morning is pasted below. James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 9:24 A.M. EST MS. PERINO: Okay, the President had his normal briefings at 8:00 a.m., and at 10:10 a.m. he will make...

  Tags: CIA, GIS, MARKETING, Microsoft Corp., president, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress

• Bipartisan criticism of CIA/Justice department coverup

  - 2008-01-07

  Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said on December 16 that Congress would subpoena witnesses and demand documents as part of its investigation of the CIA's destruction of videotapes recording the interrogations of two suspected al-Qaeda operatives. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We want to...

  Tags: al-Qaeda, CIA, Rep., Republican, U.S. Congress