- Making News: President Bush Signs Medicare Bill
President Bush this morning made good on a campaign pledge by signing the Medicare Act of 2003. It's legislation the Democrats hope will come back to bite him in next year-s re-election campaign. Mary Agnes Carey, healthcare reporter for Congressional Quarterly, assesses the details and costs of the law that supporters praise as a major assist to seniors and critics predict will be a costly burden to the government. - Reporter's Notebook: Liberian Soldiers Disarm, Taylor Sought by Interpol
Yesterday in Liberia, more than 1000 soldiers of ousted President Charles Taylor turned in their weapons. They-re the first of 40,000 troops who, in exchange for Kalashnikovs, grenades and mortars, are being offered $300, counseling and vocational training. If the program works, it-ll be good news for Mark Kroeker, commissioner of the international police of the United Nations Mission in Liberia.
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (HR 1)
President's remarks on signing Medicare Bill
Environmental Protection Agency
Interpol arrest warrant for former Liberian President Charles Taylor