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Dutch to use full body scanners for US flights- The Netherlands announced Wednesday it will immediately begin using full body scanners for flights heading to the United States, saying that could have stopped the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.
State Department: 8 Americans die in Afghan attack- A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing eight Americans, U.S. officials said.
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Texas Tech fires football coach Leach- Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion.
Machinists President Renews Call for Second Stimulus
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To read the full letter from IAM President Buffenbarger to President Obama, click here: http://www.goiam.org/publications/imail/pdfs/06_26_2009_JobsNow_LTR.pdf
"To reignite the engines of growth, we cannot rely on 'off the shelf' appropriations based on existing authorizing legislation," wrote Buffenbarger. "Instead we must devise new policies and more carefully targeted programs that can generate jobs now. Fortunately, there are historical precedents for the kind of massive job creation that is needed immediately."
Citing the successful programs employed by
"President Roosevelt's basic strategy can be re-engineered for the modern manufacturing sector," said Buffenbarger. "Today's unemployed can be put to work renovating factories and installing new equipment; devising new financing, marketing and sales packages for local businesses and reinventing our decaying skills-delivery system. We can jump-start depressed local economies by letting counties and communities hire the unemployed with federal dollars."
The need for additional and expedited economic stimulus is gaining increasing support, with more than 30.2 million still unemployed or underemployed in
"America's manufacturing jobs are worth fighting for," said Buffenbarger. "These jobs are the key to a middle-class life for millions. A second, targeted stimulus package will give America's manufacturing sector -- and all those whose livelihoods are tied to it -- the fighting chance it deserves. And it will ignite the long-term growth and sustained job creation that our nation so desperately needs."
The IAM is among the nation's largest industrial trade unions, representing nearly 700,000 active and retired members under more than 5,000 contracts in aerospace, transportation, shipbuilding and defense-related industries. For more information, visit www.goiam.org.
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