European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and st m Pes june 2007 in the states Bush vetoes Stem cell measure Evan president Bush issued the third veto of his presidency wednesday when he rejected a Bill to relax limits on Stem cell by Deb Riechmann the associated press Back against the democratic led president Bush vetoed a Bill wednesday that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic Stem cell our innovative spirit is making possible incredible advances in Medicine that can save lives and cure the presi Dent told an invited audience in the East America is also a nation founded on the principle that All human life is a and our conscience Calls us to Pur sue the possibilities of science in a manner that respects human dignity and upholds our moral who had made the Stem cell legislation a top priority when they took control of the House and Senate in Janu were Quick denounce the presi dents this is just one example of How the pres ident puts ideology before politics before the needs of our just one More example of How out of touch with reality he and his party have Hillary Rodham a Candi Date for the democratic presidential Nomi told the take Back America Confer ence of Liberal activists Barak another democratic presidential said Bush was defer ring the Hopes of millions of americans who do not have the time to keep waiting for the cure that May save or extend to Blunt Bush issued an executive order directing the health and human services department to promote research into cells that like human embryonic Stem cells also hold the potential of re generating into different types of cells that might be used to Battle if the measure Bush vetoed would have become the White House said it would have compelled taxpayers for the first time in our history to support the deliberate destruction of human spokesman Tony Snow said Bush executive order encouraged scientists to work with the government to add research on new Stem cell lines that does not involve the harming or destruction of human the list of projects Eli Gible for Federal Caber Security lax at Homeland Security by Ted Bridis the associated press Washington the Homeland Secu Rity the Lead Agency for fighting Caber suffered More than 800 Hacker virus outbreaks and other computer Security problems Over two senior officials acknowledged to in one Hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were found on two internal Homeland Security computer the Agency Headquarters sought forensic help from the depart ments own Security operations Center and the computer emergency Readi Ness team it operates with Carnegie Mel Lon in other computer workstations in the coast guard and the transportation Security administration were infected with malicious software detected trying to communicate with outsiders laptops were Dis covered missing and Agency web Sites suffered the chairman of the House Homeland Security Bennie Thomp said such problems under mine the governments efforts to encourage companies and private organizations to improve Caber what the department is doing on its own networks Speaks so loudly that the message is not getting Thompson congressional expected to testify wednesday during an oversight hearing about the departments Security determined that persistent weak Nesses threaten the integrity and availability of key Dos information and information according to a new report from the government account ability office being released later in the Homeland Security departments chief information Scott assured lawmakers his organization was working to prevent such we need to increase our vigilance to ensure that such incidents do not happen Charbo wrote in testimony pre pared for wednesdays the department takes these incidents very seriously and will work diligently to ensure they do not Bloomberg leaves gop some say mayor has an Eye on White House by Sara Kugler up financial news has an estimate by Sara Kugler the associated press new York after some six years As a new York City mayor Michael the 65yearold former announced tuesday that he has left the re publican party and become unaffiliated in what Many believe could be a step toward entering the 2008 race for Bloomberg has fuelled those notions with increasing Puto state greater focus on National issues and repeated criticism of partisan All the while vowing to leave Public office at the end of his term in although my plans for the future Haven i believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with Jiow i have led and will continue to Lead our Bloomberg said in the statement he issued notwithstanding Bloombergh the mayors announcement Only increases speculation he will pursue the White challenging the democratic and re publican nominees with a Well financed third party who founded the Bloomberg up financial news has an estimated Worth of More than billion and easily could underwrite a White House much like Texas businessman Ross Perot did in a Bloomberg entry into the presidential contest could inject additional turmoil into an already wide open but there is no Clear consensus on How a Bloomberg Candi Dacy would affect the some believe Bloombergh moderate positions would Siphon votes from the demo cratic others say he could just As easily spoil it for the throughout his five years As Bloomberg often has been at Odds with his party and he supports Gay abortion gun control cell research and hiked property taxes to help solve a fiscal crisis after the asked on monday about a hypothetical in dependent candidate entering the Bloomberg launched a Broad critique of the Bush administration and Congress and lamented the presidential debates to i think the country is in Bloomberg citing the War in Iraq and the nations declining standing Reed new York mayor Michael Bloomberg was in los Angeles for a conference Early tues later that Bloomberg announced he was leaving the Republican party and switching to Texas flooding kills 6 Texas the body of a 2yearold girl was found in a tree tues nearly three Miles downstream from where her family Mobile Home was swept away a Day earlier by flooding blamed for six authorities determined All people had been accounted for after storms poured nearly a foot of rain on parts of North Rick Perry declared four counties disaster areas because of storm making them eligible for emergency he called the flood a horrific event after taking an Aerial tour of Gaines Villes storm damaged City mourns 9 firefighters on this City on the South Carolina coast mourned nine firefighters killed inside a burning furniture store in the nations worst loss of firefighters since the 2001 world Trade Center they did exactly what they were trained to fire chief Rusty Thomas they went into the burning building on monday in search of two employees who had been reported to be trapped one employee made it the Jonathan said he banged with a hoping someone would find and a firefighter was eventually Able to pull him the men ranged in age from 27 to 56 and together had 131 years of experience with the Charleston fire 11 All clear1 defended top White House official on wednesday defended the governments handling of 11 air contamination at ground Zero in in All Federal agencies acted with the Best available data at the and updated their communications and actions As new information was James head of the White House Council on environmental said in prepared testimony to a Senate an internal government investigation found the environmental Protection Agency offered Public assurances in the Days after the attacks without scientific data to Back up those chinese officials meet Washington the second ranking Diplomat welcomed his chinese counterpart to the state department on wednes Day for two Days of talks meant to ease ten Sions and strengthen ties Between the worlds strongest Power and its fast est growing the United states will push hard in this fourth session of the senior dialogue for chinese cooperation in pressuring Iran Over its nuclear program and in pressing Sudan to end violence in its Dar fur analysts Beijing will be keen to ensure there is no change in policy toward rival Walter Reed guard opens fire Washington an armed Security guard at Walter Reed army medical Cen Ter opened fire at another guard wednes Day outside a Busy Entrance to the police no one was the guards had been arguing at about when one of them fired As Many As 10 Jimmie Riley the other who was not ran to a nearby House to Call Juley the guard who fired the Jhb swag into the guards Are employed by a private Security which is under contract to Walter from the associated press