Two months ago Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was to testify on the impact of climate change on public health, but the White House "eviscerated" her testimony and directed her to discuss the public-health "benefits" of global warming. The Bush gang had an oil lobbyist re-write reports on global warming and muzzled officials when their reports were politically inconvient. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.