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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 08:11am Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6826 of 6839)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

This thread is extensive, and has an extensive history. One can see a good deal of that history, and get a taste for the directness and competence of this administration, by searching gisterme -- 58 search pages on this thread.

I've suggested in MD6808 rshowalter 7/9/01 4:43pm that gisterme represents this administration, and could not write as extensively as gisterme does, without the knowledge and backing of the very highest levels of the Bush administration, including:

National Security Advisor Condaleezza Rice,

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage,

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfkowitz,

Deputy National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley,

and the people they report to have to.

That's my opinion. I think it is a reasonable opinion, amounting by now to an overwhelming probability -- and I think that many other people, looking at the circumstances, might form the same opinion.

rshowalter - 08:58am Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6827 of 6839)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD6788 rshowalter 7/9/01 10:33am

" It is technically easy to make missiles and warheads immune to lasar weapons -- even if the lasar weapons did achieve a chain of miracles related to optical resolution and control. See: Reflective Coatings http://www.phy.davidson.edu/jimn/Java/Coatings.htm "

"The engineers asking for money for the program, and promising to make a contribution to US defense have to know this.

"I'm at a loss, myself, to understand how this cannot be treason.

You don't have to trust what I say -- look for yourself . http://www.phy.davidson.edu/jimn/Java/Coatings.htm

lunarchick - 08:59am Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6828 of 6839)
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Abandoned - Migrants USA

lunarchick - 09:11am Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6829 of 6839)
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United States Immigration and Naturalization Service: Commonly referred to as the INS, this agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, is responsible for enforcing the laws regulating the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States and for the naturalization of resident aliens. It is one of the highest funded divisions of the federal government with an annual budget of $4.27 billion for the year 2000. More INS agents are authorized to carry guns and make arrests than any other federal agency.

lunarchick - 09:34am Jul 10, 2001 EST (#6830 of 6839)
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John Major appointed European Chairman of The Carlyle Group

London, 14 May 2001. The Carlyle Group is pleased to announce that John Major, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, will be joining the firm as Chairman of Carlyle Europe.

In that capacity, Mr. Major will serve as Chairman of Carlyle's European private equity funds and their advisory boards. Mr. Major will also be involved in providing counsel and advice to the senior Carlyle investment professionals, now operating in Barcelona, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris. Carlyle's European private equity funds pursue and make investments in management buyouts, venture capital and in real estate.

As part of his activities, Mr. Major will serve on the boards of directors of several of the companies in which Carlyle's European private equity teams make investments.

In addition, Mr. Major will serve on Carlyle's Asia Advisory Board, and will be involved with Carlyle's investment activities in other parts of the world.

Frank Carlucci, The Carlyle Group's Chairman, said: "John Major is an experienced, well-respected European and global leader. We are honoured that he has chosen to join Carlyle as he ends his political career and begins a new career in the business world." http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/news.html http://www.ncl.ac.uk/politics/whitehall/briefings/briefing13.html

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