The Bush administration has asked the Czech government to host a radar system and Poland to accept a bank of interceptor rockets designed to stop missile attacks on U.S. or European targets.
Theadministration has proposed a host of increases in user fees and tobacco taxes to raise revenue that could offset higher spending, a strategy the Republicans deplore.
The issues relating to Celebrex and Bextra will come to a head between February 16 and February 18, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will host an advisory panel to evaluate the risks of many widely used painkillers.