The Bush Administration, through the eight years, has pardoned 136 individuals. It is not enough. Here are the most recent: Leslie Owen Collier of Charleston, Mo., who pleaded guilty in 1995 to unlawfully killing three bald eagles in southeast Missouri. He improperly used pesticide in hamburger meat to kill coyotes, but ended up killing many other animals, including the bald eagles. Collier, who was convicted for unauthorized use of a pesticide and violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, was sentenced Feb. 2, 1996 in the Eastern District of Missouri. Milton Kirk Cordes of Rapid City, S.D. Cordes...
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Bush Prepares to Sell Nuclear Weapons
It took the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) nearly three (3) days of protracted negotiations in Vienna to reach the agreement which approved a US proposal to lift restrictions on selling nuclear technology to India. The NSG is a group of nuclear supplier countries which seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of Guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear related exports. The NSG Guidelines are implemented by each Participating Government in accordance with its national laws and practices. Decisions on export applications are taken at the national level in accordance with national export licensing...