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![]() Topic: toms sale \$1.6 billionPosted: Apr 30 2013 at 10:55am |
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d I suspect. More ideas on how to deal with this growing problem are urgently needed. Rosemary Plummer Horrible idea. Since when is the US Mexico's radwaste dump? Is this their revenge on us for Arizona? The 500 tons of radioactive material will have to be shipped through US cities and countryside; incineration does not destroy radioactivity, just spreads it in smoke that goes into the environment and concentrates it in ash that then must be disposed of (do we get to ship it back to Mexico?); and what, we don't have enough of a mess in our own northwest from Hanford, Fukushima's plume and the unknown radiation coming from the tsunami debris? Have we as a nation lost our collective minds? Never mind; rhetorical question. Auntie Nuke of CA 5:04PM May 03, 2012 An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download.
By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia announced on Thursday that to cut costs it is pushing back delivery of most of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters it plans to buy from the United States. Defense Minister Stephen Smith said delaying delivery of the advanced warplanes two years, to 2019, would save the government 1.6 billion Australian dollars ($1,toms sale.6 billion) over the next four years. He said Australia remains committed to the Joint Strike Fighter project. Australia is a funding partner in developing the JSF,cheap toms shoes, which the U.S. Defense Department describes as the largest fighter aircraft program in history. The Lockheed Martin Corp. JSF program has been troubled by repeated blowouts in cost as well as delivery schedules. Most of the funding for the fighter comes from the United States, while Canada, Turkey, Britain, Italy,toms shoes sale, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands are also funding partners. Australia is contractually obligated to take delivery of only two of the warplanes. Those will be based in the United States and be available from 2014 for training Australian pilots. Australia had planned to take delivery of the next 12 during the following three years. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday confirmed that defense spending will be cut as part of her government's ambitious plan to return the nation's budget to surplus in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. The government will unveil its spending blueprint Tuesday next week. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. An insider's guide to politics and policy, available on the iPad or as a PDF download. By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) Ken Levien has no plans to hire more people for his real estate project management company in New York. He says his business has only about 85 percent of the amount of work it can handle because the building industry is still hurting from the recession. "Things are looking down in the constructi Related articles: |
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