News from February 2011
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer approximately 40 wild horses ranging from yearling to 5 years old to potential adopters on February 25-26, 2011, at the Boone County Fairgrounds located at 5212 N. Oakland Gravel Road, in Columbia, Missouri. You can adopt a Mustang...
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired a hearing on the challenges the United States faces as we transition from a military mission to a civilian-led effort in Iraq. For the first time at a congressional hearing, Ambassador James Jeffery and Commanding General Lloyd Austin testified together.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, a national leader in agriculture, today made history as he was voted the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Roberts goes into the history books as the first member of Congress to serve as both chairman and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: (Calumet, MI) The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park and the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission have scheduled the 2011 Keweenaw Heritage Grants workshop for Thursday, February 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Targeted audiences for the grant program workshop are owners and operators of...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, made the following statement on legislation (S. 249), re-introduced in the Senate today, that would completely ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, sentenced Gregory Alfred Whyte, aka “Tony Smith" and “Manny," age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 22 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and attempted...
