"Our clear and consistent focus has been the threat posed by Iran's ballistic missile program and that continues to be our focus and the basis of the program that we are announcing today."

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The United Nations Environment Program said many inhabitants of towns in northeast Somalia suffered from diseases consistent with radiation sickness following a Tsunami in 2004, that may have stirred up tons of nuclear and toxic waste.

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Mr. Nixon said the fund is critical not just for the state to gain a triple-A bond rating, but to also be prepared for higher health-care costs in coming years and to maintain consistent program funding levels.

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This is to ensure that we have a consistent fuel economy program in all 50 states, that we don't have a state-by-state patchwork quilt of fuel economy programs because that would just drive up the cost of vehicles and would perhaps make certain vehicles unavailable in certain states, which is unfair to consumers.

NPR: States Push Automakers on Fuel Efficiency

"We do need to enhance the training and education of our military community, we need to involve the entire chain of command and we need to run a program that is consistent among the services and complies with the Department of Defense policies and procedures as we execute the program, " Abell said.

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