Coast Guard modernization program nearly $4 billion over budget

By Aaron Mehta

The Coast Guard’s ill-fated “Deepwater” program to modernize its fleet is $3.8 billion over budget and years behind schedule, despite modest

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"… by equipment malfunctions affecting rescue and recovery efforts after the Haiti earthquake and the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico . Commandant Thad Allen …"

"… a “hollow force, and said 83 percent of the service’s cutters used in Haiti had serious mechanical issues.During the Coast Guard’s rescue missions i …"

Coast Guard fleet slowed by mechanical woes during BP, Haiti rescues

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon

In the wee-morning hours after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter being dispatched to pluck oil rig survivors f

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"… 0 of the 12 Coast Guard cutters dispatched to help evacuate victims of the Haiti earthquake encountered serious mechanical problems that affected their abi …"

"… can be modernized without money being wasted, said the Gulf of Mexico and Haiti problems give reason for alarm.“The mechanical problems noted in the log …"

"… ng readiness,” Allen said, noting that 83 percent of the cutters used in Haiti suffered serious mechanical issues.“The larger issue is that the conditi …"

Center and NPR win RFK journalism award for campus assault project

Prestigious RFK award goes to campus assault project by Center for Public Integrity and NPR

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"… the RFK Journalism Committee. “From obvious places of misery, including Haiti and Afghanistan, to the still-sensitive issue of campus rapes and their un …"

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Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

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"… Asbestos Mining Association. “It’s very cheap. If they try to rebuild Haiti and use no asbestos it will cost them much more. Any health effects [from …"

Racicot will continue lobbying while serving as RNC chair

By Gil Shochat

President Bush's choice of former Montana governor Marc Racicot to head the Republican National Committee continues a long established pract

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"… nter’s report.Among others, Brown represented the Duvalier government of Haiti until the Duvaliers were forced to flee the island nation, which required …"

Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

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"… ring work in a variety of hot spots, including Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and Haiti.Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall issued this statement:“The Ex-Im Bank …"

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Coast Guard to revise self-assessment on oil spills

By Julie Vorman

The Coast Guard, which played a key role responding to the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, is developing a new way to measure how effecti

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"… problems that dogged the Coast Guard’s response to the BP spill and the Haitian earthquake after years of budget cuts and mismanagement of a Coast Guard …"

Analysis — An illuminating expedition to the world of the uninsured

By Wendell Potter

Lawmakers questioning the need for health care reform should check out this weekend's effort to provide free medical care at a Nashville hig

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"… coming — and so that RAM can concentrate our efforts in the likes of Haiti where we go again in three weeks time.” I share the same hope. If …"

Privatizing combat, the new world order

By Laura Peterson

In 1998, the U.S. had a military presence in a remote African war that drew little attention from the media

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"… ention from the media. Unlike other U.S. interventions in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti and Kosovo, there was no hand-wringing over whether a deployment was justi …"

"… o commit conventional U.S. forces. It also has been active in conflicts in Haiti and Liberia.Painted on their fuselages were American flags.ICI's role in S …"

"… aided extremely risky peacekeeping operations in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Haiti, and evacuated peacekeepers, aid workers and diplomats from combat zones. …"

U.S. treatment of detainees deplored

By Michael Bilton

Critics denounce 'waterboarding' and other interrogation techniques banned by Geneva Conventions

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"… so." It was the same in the mid-1990s; during U.S. military operations in Haiti, prisoners were treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and the …"

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