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Salazar opposes military request on pollution law

AG says state needs role in cleanups

By Theo Stein
Denver Post Environment Writer

Congress should reject the military's request to exempt 24 million acres of bombing ranges and training facilities across the country from major federal pollution laws, Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar said Monday.

In a letter sent to House and Senate leaders, Salazar and 38 other attorneys general said there was no evidence that three environmental laws had reduced the military's effectiveness, as Pentagon officials contend.

But proposed amendments to those laws, if enacted, would hurt Colorado's oversight of cleanups of discarded weapons at military sites such as the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Lowry Bombing Range and Pueblo Chemical Depot, the attorney general said.

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[El Supremo]

1. Now if only he'd come out against the war.

[Vinceklortho]

2. That is why Mike Miles is my guy.

Even he was a Dean supporter!

Mike Miles = supported Howard Dean
Ken Salazar = supported Joe Lieberman

Take your pick.

VinceK

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Mike Miles is my guy too.

Dean wasn't my guy, but much better a Dean supporter than a Lieberman supporter.

I'll support Salazar if he is the nominee. It's better to have a warm body in the Senate with a D after it's name than one with an R after it's name, but that's about the extent of my enthusiasm.

By the way, welcome to DU.:hi:

Edit: Oops, sorry, I see you've left us. Well, bye bye,:hi: I hope you're not a real Mike Miles supporter.