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Mr Packard's recently signed bill resuscitates the navy's project by allowing the navy to obtain clean sand from anywhere, rather than just from dredging.
ECONOMIST: California��s beaches
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"We've been busy, " concurs Bill Mathews , a former Navy SEAL and executive vice president at Blackwater , a North Carolina-based firm that offers self-defense, survival and firearms training for the U.S. government and has about 2, 000 personnel stationed throughout the world, including Afghanistan and Iraq.
FORBES: Most Dangerous Destinations 2006
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This is the bill which parliament must pass every five years to renew the legal basis for maintaining the Army, Navy and RAF.
BBC: Viewing guide: What's on in Parliament in coming week
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In the House of Lords, Peers polish off the Armed Forces Bill, which has to be passed in order to authorise the continued existence of the Army, Navy and RAF.
BBC: Viewing guide: The coming week's highlights in Parliament
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U.S. President Bill Clinton and Puerto Rican Gov. Pedro Rossello came to an agreement on January 31 allowing the Navy to resume its exercises with "dummy" bombs only, and giving the people of Vieques an opportunity to vote on whether the Navy should vacate by 2003.
CNN: Navy resumes use of disputed Puerto Rican bombing range