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...Department of Defense plans to have 20,000 uniformed troops expressly trained to assist in national disaster rapid response at a moment's notice. Since Oct. 1, some 4,700 soldiers belonging to a brigade combat team out of Fort Stewart, Ga., have already been engaged in the new assignment, according to Air Force Lt. Col. Almarah Belk, a spokeswoman at the Secretary of Defense's office. The $556 million, five-year training program is part of a broader, $2.3 billion FEMA project to have civilian authorities in states such as Massachusetts, South Carolina and Washington work with the military...
Theoretically, even pacificists would probably admit that no one can respond as quickly and efficiently to a major U.S. disaster as the military. But the news that active duty soldiers fresh from a combat tour of Iraq will be gearing up to assist civilian agencies charged with responding to anything from accidental chemical spills to terrorist attacks has sparked mixed reactions from experts in emergency management and civil liberties advocates. (Read "Why Disasters Are Getting Worse...
...offensive explosion in the first period was chilled by the Lakers thanks to a Troy Schwab goal at 9:51 that robbed the Crimson of the momentum it had built up by out-shooting Lake Superior State 10-1 up to that point. Schwab also recorded three assists.“We had as many chances as Lake State offensively and at the end of the day we didn’t capitalize,” junior Alex Biega said. “It starts with Xs and Os, and we just have to stick to the game plan...
Eric S. Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute—a joint venture between Harvard and MIT for genetic research applied to medicine—will assist Obama on issues such as global warming and research funding as co-chair of the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...
...Kate Buesser said.The team didn’t waste much time in the final frame. Four minutes into the period, Ryabkina took a pass from freshman Whitney Kennedy and, with a strong wrist shot from inside the right circle, sent it soaring past Clemis for the go-ahead goal.The assist was the first point of the rookie’s career.“After [Ryabkina] scored, the bench was really ignited. Everyone was just flying,” Buesser said. “We just wanted it more than Dartmouth, and I think it showed...