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Shipyard workers fear base closure process could bring privatization
Labor unions ask Congress top take action to prevent the Pentagon from using base closures to eliminate shipyards.
Defense
Groups support FBI whistleblower's appeal
Legal brief argues that unnecessary secrecy denies the public access to government information about 9/11.
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Scope of Iraq reconstruction scaling down, official says
Multibillion-dollar effort to focus on smaller projects that can show results more quickly.
Defense
Several names floated for base closing commission
Panel will decide which bases should be shuttered or realigned in 2005.
Defense
Biological attack likely by 2020, report warns
Acts of bioterrorism would be “particularly suited” to smaller and better-informed terrorist groups likely to emerge.
Defense
Senate homeland security panel to add staff
New staff members will be added due to expansion of Governmental Affairs Committee's jurisdiction to cover the Homeland Security Department.
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Navy officers suggest cuts will reshape shipbuilders
"Laws of economics" will determine how many shipyards survive, key Navy official says.
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Army to fund vaccine treatment centers
Future of centers—which deal with severe side effects of anthrax, smallpox and other biological defense vaccines—was in question.
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Study calls for public health preparedness standards
New Century Foundation reports finds that federal funding might be wasted if uniform public health standards are not put in place across the country.
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FEMA: No ‘widespread fraud’ in Florida hurricane aid
Agency pledges to cooperate fully with Senate investigation and collect any money that was erroneously disbursed.
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Exiting Secretary Ridge acknowledges mistakes
Homeland Security leader offers advice to successor.
Defense
Druyun scandal may lead to more vacancies at the Pentagon
Air Force acquisition chief says "there are many people now lining up to leave."
Defense
Homeland Security reverses secrecy policy, but protests persist
Unions and government watchdog group seek more clarity, stronger protections for disclosing information.
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Homeland Security nominee gets mixed reception
Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who also served as head of the Justice Department's criminal division after the Sept. 11 attacks, gets the nod to succeed Tom Ridge.
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Ridge outlines security efforts for Bush's inauguration ceremony
Color-coded national alert will not be raised for the inauguration.
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