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      <excerpt>...initial optimism about quickly inoculating the U.S. population, the H1N1 vaccine has trickled out across the country. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, is calling on the CDC to explain what measures it is taking to increase the supply. The CDC &quot;has been slo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...initial optimism about quickly inoculating the U.S. population, the vaccine has trickled out across the country.  Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Republican from Texas&#8217; 13th District, is calling on the CDC to explain what measures it is taking to increase the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Mac Thornberry is calling on the CDC to explain what measures it is taking to increase the supply. The CDC &#8220;has been slow in filling orders placed by ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Supposedly, the issue was the requirement for notification to congress of intelligence activities under the 1947 National Security Act, but the question of &#8220;Gitmo North&#8221; nearly stole the show. 
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Cal) is the chair of a subcommittee of</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>[Texas delegation wants stimulus money for NASA, Houston Chronicle, 10/5/09] &#8226; Representative Mac Thornberry (TX-13) - Representative Lamar Smith showed his ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...where I will not force my religion upon the people but will endeavor to live my life reflecting the teachings of my church. Rep. Mac Thornberry has proudly announced the House Republican &#8220;health care task force&#8221; has decided to include two of his bil</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Representative Mac Thornberry of District 13 has contributed to the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group&amp;#39;s rather delinquent and feeble answer to ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>US Rep. Mac Thornberry has requested a briefing to get more information about the status of the National Guard Armory in Wichita Falls before commenting, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...on the access roads.  A war we must win A letter to President Barack Obama, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sen. John Cornyn, U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry and the Times Record News. I am a disabled veteran from the Vietnam War. I saw a war &#8220;micromanaged&#8221; fro</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>2 in contributions to Congressman Mac Thornberry &#8212; right behind Amarillo. Wichitans have given their representative at least $535000 over his career, ...</excerpt>
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