| Veto of defense bill may not affect Navy landing field site at Washington |
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01-03-08
New Bern Sun Journal
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| The president's pocket veto of the 2008 defense appropriation bill may not be the setback first feared by those opposing a Super Hornet landing field in Washington County....(more) |
| Defense Veto and the OLF |
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01-03-08
WUNC FM- North Carolina Public Radio
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| Environmentalists in North Carolina are watching the progress of the Defense Spending Act closely. Last week President Bush vetoed the act because it contained a provision allowing Iraqis to sue their government....(more) |
| WDN Number 1 Top 10 of 2007 - From Site C, Navy takes off on OLF 'excursion' - Decision on new sites yet to be made |
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01-01-08
Washington Daily News
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| Navy in early 2007 set on Washington and Beaufort Counties as the site for an OLF. Almost a year later, the number of possible locations for the OLF has more than quadrupled and Navy brass has launched an "excursion" to find an alternate site for the OLF....(more) |
| Bush veto a setback for foes of Navy landing field |
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01-01-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| The defense spending bill has a provision permanently preventing the Navy from building an OLF in Washington County, N.C. President Bush has refused to sign the Defense Authorization Act - for reasons that have nothing to do with the OLF....(more) |
| Top 10 -- 2. Camden, Gates make Navy's OLF site list - 4 sites eyed for controversial airfield |
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12-30-07
Daily Advance
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| Site still not announced -- The Navy had planned to announce in November which of 22 sites in Virginia and North Carolina would make a short list of sites for a two-year, in-depth study. But the Navy has yet to announce the finalists....(more) |
| Looking back 2007 - No. 6: Navy landing field |
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12-29-07
New Bern Sun Journal
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| As the year ends, the issue of whether the landing field will be in North Carolina is still unsettled....(more) |
| President Bush vetoes defense bill - Legislation includes provision eliminating funding for an OLF site |
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12-29-07
Washington Daily News
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| NO-OLF will continue to fight against an OLF at Site C and remain "on guard" until legislation that prevents an OLF from being built there is "finalized and signed" into law....(more) |
| Bush plans to veto defense policy bill |
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12-28-07
Charlotte Observer
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| President Bush plans to veto a sweeping defense policy bill on grounds that language exposing the Iraqi government to damage suits stemming from the Saddam Hussein era would derail Baghdad's efforts to rebuild the country....(more) |
| Bush To Veto Defense Authorization Bill |
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12-28-07
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| Bush plans to veto the legislation because it would derail Iraq's reconstruction efforts. In addition to giving members of the military a pay raise, the act also prohibits the Navy from building an OLF site in Washington & Beaufort counties....(more) |
| A Christmas gift |
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12-26-07
Smokey Mountain News
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| Navy's efforts dead for 2008, the future's not crystal clear. Language in the bill noted that the Department of Navy was expected to request new authorization for an OLF, "once a study of the impact to the environment is complete and a site is selected."...(more) |
| Press Release - DOLE MEASURES INCLUDED IN DEFENSE BILL - Senator also had OLF funding removed from bill |
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12-14-07
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole
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| Senator Dole: I also was proud to fight for North Carolinians who do not want an OLF at Site C. I have made it clear to the Navy that I will not support an OLF that does not have local support, ......(more) |
| OLF Appears Dead In Washington County |
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12-14-07
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| U.S. Senate okayed the Defense Authorization Bill for 2008...(more) |
| House blocks federal OLF funds - Defense bill heads to Senate |
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12-14-07
Washington Daily News
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| Washington County Manager David Peoples credited Butterfield on Thursday for being the county's "champion in this fight" and said he was integral in netting the support of the state's entire Congressional delegation and of Gov. Mike Easley....(more) |
| Butterfield: Landing field site is mentioned in bill |
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12-13-07
Goldsboro News-Argus
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| "The House has taken the Washington County site off the table because it posed a danger to the community, pilots and aircraft," Rep. G.K. Butterfield said in a written statement....(more) |
| Approved bill lacks OLF funding |
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12-13-07
Havelock News
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| Bill axes landing field in Washington County |
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12-13-07
News & Observer
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| A North Carolina congressman said the U.S. House has eliminated the Navy's authority to build a jet practice landing field in Washington County. U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Democrat from Wilson, said in a statement released Wednesday....(more) |
