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Q. Have more Americans gone on the welfare rolls since the economy has taken a downturn?
M.P., Clawson, Mich.
A. The economic downturn has had a mixed impact on the welfare rolls. Nationally, between March and September 2001, as the economy officially entered a recession, the overall number of American families on welfare actually decreased slightly, about 1 percent, according to a recent survey by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Law and Social Policy.
Several of the largest states, including California, had a decline in welfare caseloads during this period. The same advocacy group, however, notes that in about two-thirds of the states there was an increase in the number of caseloads.
Q. How is all that money being used that was paid out in the huge tobacco settlement?
W.T.T., Rochester Hills, Mich.
A. The state attorneys general terminated their lawsuits against tobacco companies in the late 1990s, with the latter agreeing to pay out $246 billion. There were two agreements: for $206 billion (involving 46 states) and $40 billion. Though there was talk about using the money for anti-smoking and health programs, the agreement didn't require that. A study by the General Accounting Office, States' Use of Master Settlement Agreement Payments (June 2001), reveals that only 7 percent was spent to control tobacco use. Some 41.5 percent of the proceeds have gone for health programs, but most of these don't deal with tobacco-related illnesses.
- British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The English Historical Review Lowe, Peter April 1, 2003 700+ words
...Japanese power. The British Foreign Office acquired information during...impetus to the creation of a British intelligence network in East Asia came...army and disapproved of British intelligence operations in Japan. By...much embarrassment to the Foreign Office in the ...
- Was British intelligence involved?
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 16, 2009 700+ words
(From Nottingham Evening Post) British intelligence officers have been involved in the...British government agency - but not the Foreign Office - had been involved in the detention...The Syrians are denying this and the Foreign Office refuse to comment, it is reported...
- Report: Bigley tried fleeing after British intelligence helped bribe captors.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 10, 2004 700+ words
...his kidnappers by car after British intelligence helped bribe two of the captors...the kidnappers on behalf of British intelligence, The Sunday Times reported...the account. Britain's Foreign Office refused to comment on the...
- Iran conservative journalist says BBC "arm of British intelligence service".
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports January 14, 2009 700+ words
...midnight"]. According to the British Foreign Office and BBC managers, BBC Persian TV...Imam. The BBC showed its links to [British] intelligence services even over this issue. They...provided those pictures to the [British] intelligence service. The intelligence service...
- Diplomat casts doubt on British intelligence.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 2, 2003 700+ words
...government weapons expert David Kelly it has emerged that a core British intelligence claim -- that Iraq could deploy chemical or biological...to the HSBC banking group, drew on his 36 years in the Foreign Office to challenge MI6's credibility. "I saw quite a lot...
- In Iraq war's wake, diplomat cast doubt on British intelligence.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 2, 2003 700+ words
...government weapons expert David Kelly it has emerged that a core British intelligence claim -- that Iraq could deploy chemical or biological...to the HSBC banking group, drew on his 36 years in the Foreign Office to challenge MI6's credibility. "I saw quite a lot...
- Churchill's Secret War: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey.
- Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies Hale, William April 1, 1998 700+ words
...Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey by robin...detailed account of how British intelligence intercepted the...correspondence with the Foreign Office and passed them...Department of the Foreign Office, the US administration...
- FOREIGN OFFICE PROTESTS TO IRANIAN AMBASSADOR.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 19, 2005 700+ words
...FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IRAN 19 July 2005 FOREIGN OFFICE PROTESTS TO IRANIAN AMBASSADOR OVER RECENT INSENSITIVE...opposing] sides to remain inactive. As a result of [British intelligence agencies'] support many extremist members of Al-Qa...
- Foreign Office announces British resident to be released from Guantanamo.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 29, 2007 700+ words
...Guantanamo Bay after nearly five years in captivity, the Foreign Office announced Thursday. Bisher al-Rawi, an Iraqi national...Their lawyers have said the two men were arrested after British intelligence agents passed on information about their travel plans to...
- British intelligence "misjudged" Bali terror threat: lawmakers.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 12, 2002 700+ words
...that British and US interests there were possible targets for terror attacks. As a result, travel advice issued by the Foreign Office was not updated and "did not accurately reflect the threat" to British tourists, the report said. More than 190 people...
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