Patriot News

Parents Understand Importance of Science But Student Achievement Lags Parental Expectations

March 16, 2004
Press Release

Poll released at first science education summit explores perceptions on science teaching and learning; Summit convened for nation's experts to better understand challenges and create solutions    » read more »

Weekend News Highlights

Powell Calls Spain Attacks Reminder of Global Terrorist Threat

Rice says terrorists will do "anything" to intimidate

14 Mar 2004
By Kathryn McConnell
Washington File Staff Writer

The March 11 attacks in Spain serve as a reminder that no country is immune to the threat of terrorism, says U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.    » read more »

Guest Lineups for March 14, 2004 TV News Shows

Also, read the Weekend News Highlights from these programs.    » read more »

The U.S. Human Rights Report -- Its Roots

Backgrounder: Report to be released February 25

23 February 2004

By David Pitts
Washington File Special Correspondent

(This is the first of two backgrounders on the origins of the U.S. human rights report, the first of which was issued in 1977.)

Washington -- On February 25, the United States will release its annual human rights report on conditions in the year 2003 in 196 countries. The first report -- on human rights conditions in 1976 -- covered just 82 countries. Since then the reports have grown in depth as well as breadth.    » read more »

Highly Contagious Bird Flu Strain Found in Texas

Entire flock destroyed, other flocks being tested, USDA reports

23 February 2004

A "highly pathogenic" strain of bird flu has been identified in a chicken flock in Texas although there is no evidence to date that the strain can be harmful to human health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports.    » read more »

U.S. Energy Dept. Strategic Plan Charts Course for Science

Abraham says plan's goals leapfrog current capabilities

12 February 2004

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science -- the nation's largest supporter of the physical sciences -- has unveiled a strategic plan that charts the course for energy science over the next two decades.    » read more »

One year ago today, on February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the United Nations Security Council with a powerful case for war with Iraq.

His statement was divided into sections titled:
Denial and Deception
Biological Weapons
Chemical Weapons
Nuclear Weapons
Delivery Systems
Terrorism
Human Rights ViolationsOn this one-year anniversary, and in light of renewed debate concerning the credibility of the assertions presented by Powell and other members of the Bush administration, we reprint his testimony in full below.

Click here for Powell's Testimony to United Nations Security Council, February 5, 2003

Preventing Air Pollution Requires Broader Approach, Panel Finds

Study finds better controls necessary for interstate, international pollution

The U.S. Clean Air Act has made substantial progress in improving air quality since its passage in 1970, but a study released January 29 finds that new approaches to regulation are necessary if progress is to continue. The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies of Science, Medicine and Engineering produced the report at the request of the U.S. Congress with sponsorship from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).    » read more »

31 January 2004

Joint statement from science and technology workshop in Bologna

European and U.S. scientists, meeting in Bologna, reviewed research activities in six key areas of climate change science and technology: carbon-cycle research, aerosol-climate interactions, water vapor and air circulation, data gathering and observation systems, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen technology.    » read more »

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