| AP lists how many embassies and consulates the US needs to upgrade to bring them to standards mandated after the bombings ten years ago. The current appropriations fall short of fixing any but the most vulnerable. Long range estimates reveal 7.5 billion is needed. My comment: How much would be saved by cancelling Blackwater-type contracts? |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
