Bob Graham is sworn in by George Bush as the Graham family looks on.
Senator Bob Graham D-Florida (L) is sworn in 1/6/1987 by Vice President George Bush on Capitol Hill as the Graham family looks on. (UPI Photo/Vince Mannino/Files)
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A near-failing grade on the safety of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the need to pass critical reforms, a former Democratic lawmaker said.
Bioterrorism remains a major threat for the United States despite more than $65 billion spent on protecting the country from myriad dangers.
A bill giving the U.S. Gulf Coast states most of BP's fines for last year's oil rig disaster will move quickly, a key senator said Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has appointed former Sen. Bob Graham and former EPA chief Bill Reilly to lead an investigation into the BP disaster.
The Obama administration has come under renewed pressure from congressional activists who say more should be done to eliminate or minimize exposure to weapons of mass destruction.
The congressional commission probing weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism visited the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico Monday.
South Florida beaches are displaying warnings for swimmers about rip currents and jellyfish in the surf after deadly Memorial Day incidents, officials said.
The bipartisan conclave in Oklahoma this week was designed as a bridge between moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats.
CIA officials were met with approval when they briefed members of the U.S. Congress in September 2002 on the tactic of waterboarding, it was reported Sunday.
President George W. Bush vetoed a bill Friday that environmentalists hoped would revive an ambitious project to restore water flow in the Florida Everglades.
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