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Daily Archives: March 16th, 2011

Republicans continue assault on emergency preparedness, even after Tohoku megaquake

Excerpt: Read­ers may recall our ire was raised dur­ing the Repub­li­can response to Pres­i­dent Oba­ma’s 2009 State of the Union Address, when Louisiana Gov­er­nor Bob­by Jin­dal dis­missed fund­ing for vol­cano mon­i­tor­ing as a triv­i­al­i­ty. As res­i­dents of the Pacif­ic North­west, we are all too aware of the pres­ence of vol­ca­noes in our region and the destruc­tion […]
Published at:8:50 PM on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Written by:Ken
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning
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Join Peter Steinbrueck and Reuven Carlyle at NPI’s 2011 Spring Fundraising Gala

Excerpt: Back in Feb­ru­ary, when we first announced the date for our 2011 Spring Fundrais­ing Gala, we promised that more details about the event were on their way, includ­ing our speak­ing line­up. It’s tak­en some time to put the pro­gram togeth­er, and I want all of our loy­al sup­port­ers to know that we did­n’t make this […]
Published at:9:02 AM on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Announcements, Events
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