Politicians Troubled By Army Community Readiness Proposal For Alabama

By Suzanne Yohannan / October 8, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby (R) and local government officials are expressing alarm over an Army proposal outlined in a series of internal e-mails showing plans to effectively blame local and state emergency agencies in Alabama for the community's lack of readiness to respond to an emergency, should one occur at the chemical weapons storage and disposal facility in Anniston, AL. The Army has moved one key staffer involved in the matter to a different position, but it is downplaying this...

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