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Tommy Thompson Embellishes His 9/11 Response In Wisconsin Senate Race
Wisconsin Senate candidate Tommy Thompson (R) appears to be exaggerating his response to the 9/11 terror attacks, saying he was handing out bandages in New York the morning after, when he was actually delivering a speech in Washington, D.C.
Baldwin, Thompson in ad battle over 9/11
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, surfaced Wednesday as the latest issue in the U.S. Senate race, with each side claiming the other doesn’t care about the nearly 3,000 victims and thousands of first responders who came to their aid.
9/11 becomes issue in U.S. Senate race
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, surfaced Wednesday as the latest issue in the U.S. Senate race, with each side claiming the other doesn’t care about the nearly 3,000 victims and thousands of first responders who came to their aid.
Thompson, Baldwin ads trade barbs on 9-11 response
The tenor of the U.S. Senate race shifted suddenly this week with a pair of ads from Republican Tommy Thompson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin that question whether the other did enough for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Tommy Thompson, Who Profited From 9/11, Angers Responders With ‘False’ Tammy Baldwin Ad
Tommy Thompson, the former Health and Human Services secretary who made millions treating 9/11 victims, invoked the wrath of 9/11 responders Tuesday by rolling out an ad that tries to profit off the terror attacks again — this time for Thompson’s Senate race.
NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK UP CLOSE; The Same Blue Uniform, An Unsettling New Terrain
Detectives Patrick Divers and Al McCoy of the Brooklyn North narcotics squad used to spend their days running buy-and-bust drug operations in Bushwick. But lately, they have been doing different tasks; far different, like searching for body parts in debris from the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill, and escorting office workers to their buildings at ground zero.
9/11 Firefighter fights cancer
11 years ago, Bobbie Jo Lawrence and the Oregon Disaster Medical Team went to New York City to help treat the firefighters and first responders working at Ground Zero.
Zadroga 9/11 health benefits must not be held hostage in deficit battle
The heroes of Sept. 11 should not be held hostage in the political battle on Capitol Hill over the U.S. deficit. Yet that is where the matter stands at the moment.
NY pols’ plea on Zadroga
The New York congressional delegation called on the White House yesterday to spare $38 million in health-care and compensation money for 9/11 first responders slated to be cut at the end of the year if Congress can’t come up with a spending agreement.
Gillibrand, Schumer, Maloney, Nadler, King, 9/11 First Responders and Survivors Call on Feds to Protect Zadroga Funds from Looming Sequester Cuts
With the deadline nearing for Congress to negotiate a balanced deficit-cutting package or face deep automatic cuts across federal programs, memebrs of Congress hold a press conference with first responders and survivors.