Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Flooding and Fishing/ Smurfit Waste/ Drone Strikes/ War in Afghanistan




EPA-Smurfit-Stone Mill
“With support from Missoula County, Missoula City-County Health Department and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, EPA announced a proposal to add the Smurfit-Stone Mill site near Frenchtown, Montana to the National Priorities List (NPL), making it eligible for comprehensive assessment and cleanup resources under EPA’s Superfund program.”

Missoulian: Obama: US will still use drone strikes 
Remarks of President Barack Obama Graduation Ceremony West Point, New York

“Let me make one final point about our efforts against terrorism. The partnership I’ve described does not eliminate the need to take direct action when necessary to protect ourselves. When we have actionable intelligence, that’s what we do – through capture operations, like the one that brought a terrorist involved in the plot to bomb our Embassies in 1998 to face justice; or drone strikes, like those we have carried out in Yemen and Somalia. But as I said last year, in taking direct action, we must uphold standards that reflect our values. That means taking strikes only when we face a continuing, imminent threat, and only where there is near certainty of no civilian casualties. For our actions should meet a simple test: we must not create more enemies than we take off the battlefield.”


“Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States and Afghanistan have partnered together to respond to threats to international peace and security and to help the Afghan people chart a secure, democratic, and prosperous future.  Since President Obama took office in 2009, we have pursued a focused strategy, alongside our NATO allies and partners, to strengthen the capacity of Afghanistan’s security forces and government to take full responsibility for their country’s future while we have struck significant blows against al-Qa’ida’s leadership and prevented Afghanistan from being used to launch attacks against our homeland.  Today’s announcement by President Obama continues this strategy by responsibly drawing down the U.S. military presence to end our combat mission and giving the Afghan people the opportunity to succeed as they stand on their own.”

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