Time: Wed Jun 25 10:29:23 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA04313; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:27:13 -0700 (MST) by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA08446; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:27:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:25:26 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Gulf War Report Released Today (fwd) <snip> > >forwarded from Renee Jordan > Reform Party > > >June 23, 1997 > >Attention! Report Critical of Government Research and Treatment >of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses > >The long awaited Report to Congress from its General Accounting Office >critically evaluating the Government's response to illnesses in our >veterans of Operation Desert Storm is to be released TODAY, Monday, >June 23, 1997. Public hearings will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, in the >House Committee on Governmental Affairs and Oversight (The Honorable >Christopher Shays, Chairman). > >The GAO report criticizes the DoD, VA and Presidential Advisory >Committee for over emphasizing research into psychological stress >and under emphasizing research on the effects of chemical weapons >and other chemicals despite strong scientific evidence of its >plausibility. The GAO had access to all government and private >sources including still classified information on U.S. bombing >of Iraqi chemical weapons stockpiles and possible fallout on >U.S. troop positions during the war. > >In 1994 Ross Perot personally commissioned two independeant medical >studies of Gulf War Veterans. These studies, published in the >Journal of the American Medical Association on January 15, 1997 >comprise a significant portion of the scientific evidence on which >the GAO's report is based. NEWS REPORTERS can be referred to Dr. >Robert Haley of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center >at 214/648-3110 for information on the study initiated and funded >by Ross Perot. > >You can access the report and the government's critical replies on >the Internet (see address below), or you may write the U.S. General >Accounting Office, Special Studies and Evaluation Group, 441 G Streew >NW, Washington, DC 20548 for a mailed copy. > >DoD, VA and White House staff have had private access to the GAO report >for several weeks and have appended strongly negative criticisms of >GAO conclusions on the end of the report. The DoD has attempted to >downplay the report in two press conferences of the past week, and >the White House reportedly held a similar press conference to counteract >the report this afternoon. C-SPAN is presently deciding whether to >televise Tuesday's hearing live from the House of Representatives. > >If you want the story to be covered, you must quickly scan the report >on the Internet, call your local TV and radio stations, and ask that >they televise the GAO testimony in the House Committee hearing live >tomorrow in your area and cover it on local and national network news >programs and in the print media. We should see what is in this report >that the DoD, VA and White House are reacting so strongly to. Also, >let your elected representatives in Congress know what you think of the >report. > >GAO report on the Internet: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/newtitle.htm >C-SPAN Television Network scheduling hotline: 202-628-2205 >For further information contact Russ Verney at 972/450-8800 > > >-- > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with >"unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) >Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com> > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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