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Congress considering biodefense measure

(Homeland Security NewsWire) H.R. 2356, the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011, will soon be debated before four different House committees, before going to the Senate to be debated further – all this four years after a congressionally mandated commission defined bioterrorism as a grave threat to the United States; critics charge that the  Read More »

Guard’s WMD Civil Support Teams Can Respond Faster Than Other Federal Assets

(HSToday) The National Guard’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) are known as some of the most effective first responders when it comes to a potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or enhanced improvised explosive (CBRNE) event. Since 2001, CSTs have served as full-time, federally funded National Guard units supporting local civil authorities in  Read More »

Tool Could Aid in Prioritizing Vaccine Preparation

(Global Security Newswire) A computer program unveiled on Thursday by the U.S. National Academies’ Institute of Medicine includes a formula that could be used by official planners and others in choosing possible future vaccines to pursue through unilateral and multilateral initiatives, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reported. The institute created the system  Read More »

Congress, Bioterrorism and Asia

(The Diplomat) Last week, I wrote on the danger partisanship posed to U.S. policymaking, including foreign policy. But as former Sen. Bob Graham has suggested, political turf wars aren’t all about partisanship – politicians are quite happy to place their own influence in Congress’s myriad committees above the nation’s good. This likely won’t come as  Read More »

Approval Process Could Sink WMD Defense Bill

(Global Security Newswire) A bill intended to carry out expert advice on countering biological terrorism and other WMD threats is “almost assured of failure” in Congress as a result of self-interested legislators, former Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.) told the Huffington Post last week. The House Homeland Security Committee backed the “WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act  Read More »

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