We're doing everything we can ...

[Dave Monroe]

The New York Times
October 5, 2005
Fear of Flu Outbreak Rattles Washington
By GARDINER HARRIS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 - Health officials have warned for
years that a virulent bird flu could kill millions of
people, but few in Washington have seemed alarmed.
After a closed-door briefing last week, however, fear
of an outbreak swept official Washington, which was
still reeling from the poor response to Hurricane
Katrina.

[...]

Mr. Bush spent a considerable part of his news
conference Tuesday talking about the risks of an
outbreak and the measures the administration is
considering to combat one, including whether to use
the military to enforce quarantines.

"I take this issue very seriously," he said. "The
people of the country ought to rest assured that we're
doing everything we can." ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/politics/05flu.html

Thoreen, David.  "The President's Emergency War Powers
   and the Erosion of Civil Liberties in Pynchon's
   Vineland."  Oklahoma City University Law Review
   Vol. 24, No. 3 (1999): 762-98.

http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/okla/thoreen24.htm


		
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