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LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Tony
Blair escaped harsh criticism in an official
inquiry into prewar intelligence on Iraq, which
faulted him Wednesday for informal decision
making and pushing available intelligence to the
limit, but found no deliberate distortions.
Blair said he took full, personal responsibil
ity. But he told parliament, “No one lied, no
one made up the intelligence” after the much-
awaited report was released.
The commission — headed by Lord Butler,
a retired civil service chief — found prewar
Iraq had no usable stockpiles of chemical and
biological weapons and that British intelligence
was flawed, unreliable and incomplete. The five-
member commission interviewed Blair, senior
Cabinet figures and key intelligence officials.
But while criticizing Blair’s “informal” govern
ing style, it absolved him of misleading the public
over Iraq, a charge that has dogged the prime min
ister since he took Britain into the U.S.-led war.
Protesters — including some who wore masks
depicting Blair with a Pinocchio-like long nose
— greeted the announcement by gathering out
side the news conference where the report was
released and carrying signs that featured Blair’s
face and read: B.liar.
Butler’s judgment vindicates the British gov
ernment of some of the harshest charges against
it, a week after a Republican-led U.S. Senate
committee excoriated a “broken corporate cul
ture” at the CIA and said there had been a “global
intelligence failure” on Iraq. CIA director George
Tenet resigned before the report was released.
The verdict takes some pressure off Blair,
whose popularity and credibility have been
battered by the war and continuing violence in
Iraq, and by the failure to find any weapons of
mass destruction.
His Labour Party did poorly in recent elec
tions, and there have been rumblings within the
party calling for his ouster.
Blair’s future has wider symbolic and politi
cal ramifications months after a pro-war gov
ernment was voted out in Spain, and with Bush
— Blair’s chief ally — facing a re-election
campaign.
“We have no reason, found no evidence, to
question the prime minister’s good faith.” Butler
told reporters.
He concluded “no single individual” was
responsible for intelligence failures that led
Blair’s government to overstate the threat posed
by Saddam Hussein.
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since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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ment. Also included would be
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responsibility of the Homeland
Security Department to assess
the global threats posed by
the different weapons of mass
destruction, and the job of the
Health and Human Services
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work on countermeasures for
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the defense of our nation,” HHS
secretary Tommy Thompson
said. He noted that, among
its first endeavors, the act
would allow the government to
acquire ud to 75 million doses
of the new generation anthrax
vaccine early next year.
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testing is under way, but the
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vaccine could cut in half the
number of shots now required
for anthrax inoculation, with
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vaccines and, in an emergency,
let the government distribute
certain treatments before the
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approves them.
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Among the new services introduced by TS is
online permit registration, which began April 29
and ends Friday.
Lange said the marketing and communication
efforts for permit registration, which involved
radio, print and television ads and NEO e-mails,
have been successful.
“Over 99 percent of the student population
which normally registers for permits has already
done so,” Lange said.
Public agencies, jurisdictions, institutions,
organizations and corporations were eligible
to compete in the 22nd Annual International
Parking Awards.
The facility had to be renovated or completed
after Jan. 1, 2001. The West Campus Garage
and pedestrian passageway were completed in
September 2003.
Jackson said the award “parking facilities
design with more than 800 spaces” is based on
exterior appearance, continuity with surrounding
environment, economy of construction, security,
lighting and ease of use.
The aesthetics award is based on architec
ture, landscaping and graphic and art elements,
she said.
The three other categories, which A&M did
not win, were “innovation in parking operations
and programs,” “facility rehabilitation and res
toration” and “parking facilities design with less
than 800 spaces.”
In addition to A&M, awards for the garage
and passageway were also given to two firms who
helped design the facilities: Prozign Architects
and DeShazo, Tang & Associates, Inc.
Rodney Weis, who was named TS park
ing director in September 2002, said he was
pleased that the parking institute presented
A&M with awards and asked the staff members
to speak on marketing.
“When I came to Texas A&M I said one
of my goals was to make Texas A&M the
place other universities look to for advice
on how to do things correctly in the parking
industry,” Weis said. “I am pleased that this is
already occurring.”
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