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...Boston University facility is paid for in part by a one-time $120 million federal grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a branch of the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services. The building will also house BSL-3 labs, which study pathogens with the potential for “serious health effects.” Many of these labs currently exist, including the Microbiology and Animal Resources Core Laboratory at the Harvard Medical School...
...previously projected figures that those seeking care have found themselves facing massive waiting lists. The VHA itself, meanwhile, has been running out of money in the attempt to keep pace with those seeking aid. Equally formidable are the problems hampering the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), the second branch of the VA. Charged with dispensing benefits checks to servicemen filing for disability after their tours of duty, the VBA’s system of processing claims has accumulated a back-up that still includes veterans from campaigns as far distant as Vietnam. Bilmes’ study presents some possible solutions...
...hook and open the way for troop withdrawal. I cannot fully understand the rivalry and enmity among the people of Iraq. But the religious and ethnic factions need to learn to live together in peace, or they will live in fear and danger perpetually. BRIAN SCHILL Spring Branch, Texas...
...members believe that a hands-off method is the best approach for the council to take. Council member Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08 said he believes the council needs to create a new administrative branch to address such issues. “This is just another classic example of how the UC should be providing service to students,” said Gillis, who finished sixth in the presidential election last week. “The UC needs a complete restructuring overhaul—then the students will have shuttles...
...deal with Iran's growing threat in the region. This advisor said that Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the current national security adviser and former longtime Saudi ambassador in Washington, as well as his father (who is also defense minister) Prince Sultan, and others in the so-called Sudeiri branch of the royal family have long favored cautious, but somewhat more aggressive methods to deal with Iran than has the al-Faisal branch, represented by Prince Turki and his brother, the foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal. However, another well-placed Saudi source disputes this notion, claiming that the Prince would...