with the los angeles times and has been employed by them since 1995. prior to that, he worked with the pasadena star news and the san jose mercury news. in 2001 he was awarded the pulitzer prize for his work in the discovery of seven drugs that were erroneously approved by the food and drug of administration. he has been the recipient of many other awards including the national press club award as well as the george polk award. that was his work on the presidential finance and improper use of funds for presidential campaigns. the work of david wellman has not simply been read and placed on a shelf but in terms of newspapers print and placed in the recycling bin. instead his work has gone on to change public policy. for a simple, in 2005 his work changed its policy of the national institutes of health regarding the payments to government scientists and those drugs coming from manufacturers. in 2008 he was cited by the scripps howard for his investigative reporting in the a
prior to that, he worked with the pass pasedena star news and the san jose mercury news. in 2001, mr. willman was awarded the pulitzer prize for his work in the discovery of seven drugs that were erroneously approvedded by the food and drugged a mrgs. he has been the recipient of many other awards including the national press club award as well as the george polk award. that work was his work on presidential finance and the improper use of funds for presidential campaigns. the work of david willman has not simply been read and placed on a shelf or in terms of newspapers, read and placed in the recycling bin. instead, his work has gone on to change public policy. for example, in 2005, his work changed a policy at the national institute of health regarding the payments to government scientists and those payments coming from drug manufacturers. in 2008, he was cited by the scripts of the howard foundation for his investigative reporting in the anthrax investigation. he was beg
expire, u.s. officials refuse to stay without the immunity guarantee. the war began in 2003 and the bush administration claim s weapons of mass destruction proved false in the middle of a sectarian civil war with insurgents attacking u.s. forces. for several weeks now, demonstrators from the occupy d.c. movement have been camped out here in mcpherson square in washington and presented with this news, many of them told us they heard promises of troop withdrawals from the administration. i don t want to sound cynical, but i will believe it when i see it. i don t believe it. how are they going to do that when they re building the biggest embassy in the world in iraq? reporter: conservatives have their own concerns for different reasons. the iraqi security forces are not to the point where they can defend iraq. reporter: jim philips is a middle east expert at the heritage foundation and said the withdrawal may please iraqis but it would expose the country to new threats
the group began camping in freedom plaza thursday coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in afghanistan last friday. republican presidential candidates square off tonight in new hampshire. they ll take part in the debate that will focus solely on jobs and the economy. new hampshire is considered a key state in the presidential race because it holds the nation s first primary. did the government accuse the right person in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks? the fbi has maintained former army scientist bruce ivan was responsible for them. he committed suicide as investigators closed in. however, a new paper released by three scientists says the chemical makeup of the anthrax shows it could not have been made with the equipment ivans had. a full report is featured in the upcoming issue of journal of bioterrorism and biodefense. a justice department spokesman says the agency stands by its findings. there are new fears the uprising in libya would lead to l
was he hiding in plain sight? and could it happen again? this is something that could be taken out of a lab, put in an envelope, dropped in a mailbox, and people would die. robert stevens the first to die. natural cause or my husband s death certificate said homicide. originally from england, the 70s, stevens and his wife moved to florida. he worked for america media incorporated, a tabloid publisher. no one could say they didn t like him. it s full of life, he loved everybody. in early october, 2001, stevens has what seems like the flu. two days later, slurred speech and a trip to the hospital. it s anthrax. now i get shivers. and then she said, the cdc the fbi, and the president has been informed. i was in shock. robert stevens dies the next day. anthrax had shut down his vital organs. he was just the perfect person to me. and i miss him. my heart is still not in one piece yet. labwork reveals the anthrax that killed stevens called the a strain. it wa