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January 27, 2010
Commission: U.S. Unprepared for Major Bioterrorism Attack Joby Warrick and Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post, January 27, 2010
October 21, 2009
Report: White House Neglecting Bioterrorism Mimi Hall, USA Today, October 21, 2009
February 10, 2009
Army Suspends Germ Research at Maryland Lab Scott Shane, New York Times, February 10, 2009
January 08, 2009
Vets Sue CIA, DoD over Military Experiments AP, January 08, 2009
January 05, 2009
Portrait Emerges Of Anthrax Suspect’s Troubled Life Scott Shane, New York Times, January 05, 2009
December 10, 2008
Economy Puts Emergency Readiness in Peril Thomas Frank, USA Today, December 10, 2008
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