Difference between revisions of "Rick Santorum"
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In 2005, Santorum made a failed bid to pass legislation that would have limited the information the [[National Weather Service]] could provide to the public, with the intention of promoting the [[Pennsylvania]]-based firm [[AccuWeather]]<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/035/000025957/ Notable Names Database: Rick Santorum]</ref>. Though the NWS's warnings about [[Hurricane Katrina]] contained such language as "MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER"<ref>[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/warn_archive/LIX/NPW/0828_214001.txt NWS Urgent Weather Bulletin August 28, 2005]</ref>, Santorum criticized the body, saying that it gave insufficient warning.<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05253/569133.stm Santorum Criticizes Weather Service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]</ref> | In 2005, Santorum made a failed bid to pass legislation that would have limited the information the [[National Weather Service]] could provide to the public, with the intention of promoting the [[Pennsylvania]]-based firm [[AccuWeather]]<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/035/000025957/ Notable Names Database: Rick Santorum]</ref>. Though the NWS's warnings about [[Hurricane Katrina]] contained such language as "MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER"<ref>[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/warn_archive/LIX/NPW/0828_214001.txt NWS Urgent Weather Bulletin August 28, 2005]</ref>, Santorum criticized the body, saying that it gave insufficient warning.<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05253/569133.stm Santorum Criticizes Weather Service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]</ref> | ||
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In June of 2006, Santorum called a news conference to announce that [[weapons of mass destruction]] had been found in Iraq <ref name="FoxNews">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html Fox News Report on Santorum's Press Conference]</ref> As evidence, he cited a Defense Department report that degraded chemical weapons had been found in Iraq. He claimed that this report refuted the [[Democrat]] claim that no [[WMD]]s had been found. | In June of 2006, Santorum called a news conference to announce that [[weapons of mass destruction]] had been found in Iraq <ref name="FoxNews">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html Fox News Report on Santorum's Press Conference]</ref> As evidence, he cited a Defense Department report that degraded chemical weapons had been found in Iraq. He claimed that this report refuted the [[Democrat]] claim that no [[WMD]]s had been found. | ||
Revision as of 01:50, June 19, 2007
Rick Santorum served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from January, 1995 through January, 2007. During that time, Santorum was known for his staunchly conservative political views. For instance, he has held that Intelligent Design ought to be taught along side evolution in public school classrooms. Claims by liberals that he was out of the mainstream appeared to have been validated in 2006, when Bob Casey, Jr., the son of a popular former Pennsylvania governor, defeated Santorum by capturing 59% of the popular vote for U.S. Senator.
National Weather Service
In 2005, Santorum made a failed bid to pass legislation that would have limited the information the National Weather Service could provide to the public, with the intention of promoting the Pennsylvania-based firm AccuWeather[1]. Though the NWS's warnings about Hurricane Katrina contained such language as "MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER"[2], Santorum criticized the body, saying that it gave insufficient warning.[3]
Iraqi War
In June of 2006, Santorum called a news conference to announce that weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq [4] As evidence, he cited a Defense Department report that degraded chemical weapons had been found in Iraq. He claimed that this report refuted the Democrat claim that no WMDs had been found.
Officials in George W. Bush's White House disagreed. They pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in usable condition, and that these "are not the WMDs this country and the rest of the world believed Iraq had, and not the WMDs for which this country went to war."[4] Bush administration officials, including the President himself[5], have consistently said that no WMDs have been found in Iraq.