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WASHINGTON (AP) —
fficials cleaning up a Senate
free building contaminated
Jith anthrax now hope the work
be finished in time to reopen
jrly next year.
Employees returned to work
londay at the adjacent Dirksen
mate Office Building, closed
tile cleanup crews fumigated
inate Majority Leader Thomas
ischle’s office suite in the
Senate Office Building
th chlorine dioxide gas over
weekend.
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a law-abidinp I tent i ally lethal anthrax bac-
its hard to tk’zJ fia escaped Oct. 15 from a
*as. However, i Iter opened by an aide to
documentine Daschle, will remain shut
has been charrs while the Environmental
idatory ihaiallti Protection Agency finishes
elop betterwa. Ark on 1 1 other senators’
udents while i jites and areas. The building
n their privacy lovides work space for half
attending the .:- e 100-member chamber,
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immigration ; Ltine of cleaning up the other
j ites in the Hart building,” said
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easier to enla ^^0,. -j want to be home
by Christmas.”
|EPA Administrator Christie
Whitman expressed satisfaction
at weeks of planning with
pet protocols had paid off with
:ks ip™ ’injuries or illness reported in
orousat theft :f chlonne dioxide treatment.
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iral life scieJ 1 ^' 0 health from the fumi-
gration procediiwh otl , s he said,
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cials, EPA said. For the fumiga
tion, Daschle’s suite was sealed
off using duct tape, plastic sheets
and plywood with foam.
Sodium bisulfite was used to
break down the chlorine dioxide
gas, which typically has been
used to decontaminate drinking
water systems, fruits and vegeta
bles but had never before been
applied by the EPA to fumigat
ing office space and killing
anthrax spores.
Afterward, technicians took
photographs and videotapes,
checked readings and collected
gauze wipe samples and 3,000
test strips, one per square foot,
from the Daschle suite. Officials
hope to get back lab results by
the end of this week confirming
the spores were killed.
Elsewhere, less severe meas
ures than the gas — liquid and
foam decontaminants and vacu
uming — were found adequate.
Other senators’ suites were only
“superficially contaminated” in
mail-handling areas due to cross
contamination from the Daschle
letter, Rupert said.
“What we’re finding is that
wherever someone threw this let
ter on the desk, we’ll find a little
bit of contamination,” he said.
“It’s probably the kind that pre
sented no risk.”
Capitol Police spokesman Lt.
Dan Nichols said staff should
now consider it business as usual
in the Dirksen Building, which
has hallways connecting with
Hart. Things appeared relatively
normal Monday in Dirksen and
few employees seemed con
cerned about returning to work.
/ibarco smoke,
site fragrances
all tastes and
n™* flowing Locations will be
Open to Students for Finals Study:
Sterling C. Evans library & West Campos library
Open Dec. 6,2001 and Dec. 9 - H, 2001
8:00 pm-2:00 am
Complimentary Coffee
provided by SterilngC. Evans library and Departrr^t of Tcsod Senrtces
Poor Yartek’s at Brans library
Open Dec. 3 - 6,10 -11 from 730 am -12:00 midnight
Dec. 7 and 12 &om730 am to 4:00 pm
Dec-9 from 4:00 pm - 12A0 midnight
| Other Food Service locations open late Thursday, Dec. 61
and Sunday, Dec. 9 through Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001.
Commons Dining Center
Open 8:00 pm - 2:00 am
Compfimemary
Coffee and beverages wtlL be avaViabtc
Doncan Dining Center
Open 8:00 pm -12:00 midnight
to the Corps of Cadets far study
Complimentary
Coffee and beverages win be available
Sbisa Dining Center
Open ftrOOpm - 2:00 am
Comptoentary
Coffee and beverages be awibble
Commons C-Store
Open each day during finals
7:15 am -12:00 midnight
fat school supply needs
Underground C-Store
Open each day during finals
7:15 am -12:00 midnight
for school suppiy need*
Hullabaloo
Open until 8:00 pm
Complimentary Ccfflee
win be available 4 .-00 pm to close
Rumours
Open until 2:00 am
Complimentary CoSee
wtH be available 8:00 pm to close
Stone’Willy’s
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NEWS IN BRIEF (
Commissioners to
hold a public hearing
The Brazos County
Commissioners Court will con
sider canceling its scheduled
meetings on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1,
2002 for holidays at its general
meeting today.
The commissioners court
also plans to cancel its Dec.
18 meeting and reschedule
it for Dec. 21.
A public hearing will be held at
10:30 a.m. concerning implemen
tation of herbicide regulation in
certain portions of Brazos County
east of the Brazos River and west
of the Navasota River. A detailed
description of the concerned area
is available for public viewing
online at www.rtis.com/reg/bra-
zos/gov/.
Immigration
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more efficient we will
return to a normal state.”
The panel of experts agreed
that the attacks will change
immigration policies in the
United States. However, they
said that problems will not be
corrected in the near future.
Gordon said Americans have to
realize the implications of
changing immigration laws. The
panel said the government must
find a balance between immigra
tion and security, and that will
not be easy.
“All people have the right to
leave a country as part of interna
tional human right laws,” Gordon
said. “However, this does not
give people the right to enter a
country. There are tradeoffs in
living in a free society that other
countries envy. People want to
come to America in order to live
a better life. America was estab
lished by immigrants that came
from all over in order to create a
better country. America is not
better than the rest of the world,
America is the rest of the world.”
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