Sen. Clinton: Ellsworth AFB is vital
Posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said as president she would work to keep Ellsworth Air Force Base open and support development of a national science laboratory in the former Homestake gold mine.
The comments from the Democratic presidential contender came Thursday in Rapid City after she made an earlier campaign appearance at a farm near Bath.
"I'm proud that the (Bill) Clinton administration helped to keep the base open in 1994, when it was on the BRAC closing list, and my husband had it removed," Hillary Clinton told the Rapid City Journal in an interview after a brief campaign stop in Rapid City. "Not only is the base vital to South Dakota's economic success, it's also vital to national security."
The New York senator, who faces Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, said she believed in the need for more extensive scientific research, such as that planned for the laboratory at Homestake.
Such efforts have not been emphasized and in some cases have been impeded under the administration of Republican President George W. Bush, she said.
"I support investing in science and exploration," she said. "I will end President Bush's budget cuts to our scientific research efforts."
She said that if elected president she would battle the trend of consolidation in the meat-production industry.
Clinton criticized the announced purchase by a Brazilian company of the beef-processing operations of Smithfield Foods as an unsettling sign of the increasingly consolidated meatpacking industry.
"I'm opposed to the deal, and as president, I would build on the progress in this current Farm Bill to fight consolidation," Clinton said. "And I would push to enact a ban on packer ownership of livestock."
She said her universal health coverage plan would bring vital medical care to "underserved populations like Indian Country" and that she would focus additional resources on fighting diabetes, heart disease, fetal alcohol syndrome and other health issues among Native Americans.
The comments from the Democratic presidential contender came Thursday in Rapid City after she made an earlier campaign appearance at a farm near Bath.
"I'm proud that the (Bill) Clinton administration helped to keep the base open in 1994, when it was on the BRAC closing list, and my husband had it removed," Hillary Clinton told the Rapid City Journal in an interview after a brief campaign stop in Rapid City. "Not only is the base vital to South Dakota's economic success, it's also vital to national security."
The New York senator, who faces Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, said she believed in the need for more extensive scientific research, such as that planned for the laboratory at Homestake.
Such efforts have not been emphasized and in some cases have been impeded under the administration of Republican President George W. Bush, she said.
"I support investing in science and exploration," she said. "I will end President Bush's budget cuts to our scientific research efforts."
She said that if elected president she would battle the trend of consolidation in the meat-production industry.
Clinton criticized the announced purchase by a Brazilian company of the beef-processing operations of Smithfield Foods as an unsettling sign of the increasingly consolidated meatpacking industry.
"I'm opposed to the deal, and as president, I would build on the progress in this current Farm Bill to fight consolidation," Clinton said. "And I would push to enact a ban on packer ownership of livestock."
She said her universal health coverage plan would bring vital medical care to "underserved populations like Indian Country" and that she would focus additional resources on fighting diabetes, heart disease, fetal alcohol syndrome and other health issues among Native Americans.
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BlueBlood wrote on May 17, 2008 12:57 PM: