The Bush administration is ruling out a guarantee not to attack Iran to induce it to halt development of nuclear weapons. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli’s statement Monday appeared to dismiss a suggestion by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency, who said he believed the United States would need to give Iran a security guarantee before a final agreement could be reached on Iran’s atomic programs.
Military exceeds monthly recruiting
The Army exceeded its recruiting goal in November, the sixth consecutive on-target month, but it has fallen off the pace for meeting its re-enlistment goal for the year, the Pentagon said Monday. The Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps also exceeded their recruiting goals in November, although their targets are much lower than the Army, which aims to sign up 80,000 new active-duty soldiers during the budget year that ends Sept. 30, 2006.
California: Marijuana clubs raided
Federal agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California. Authorities said the shops were selling marijuana to people who weren’t using it for medicinal purposes.
Illinois: Plan to save Great Lakes
A partnership of federal, state and local officials proposed a 15-year, $20 billion plan in Chicago on Monday for cleaning up the Great Lakes. The plan makes recommendations on how to fix the lakes’ pressing problems, including the proliferation of invasive species, the deterioration of animal habitats, toxic hot spots blamed on pollution and tainted wetlands and tributaries. President Bush last year ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to assemble the partnership to coordinate Great Lakes cleanup efforts.
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