AFA, 6 (Air Force Association, December 06 – Air Force Magazine, Vol 28 no 12, “Investing Now in Airpower for Tomorrow” AFA 2007 Statement of Policy, http://www.afa.org/magazine/dec2006/1206investing.asp)
All signs are…to 28 years
The current political climate proves- Congress is resisting giving the Air Force free reign over their own recapitalization budget
Defense Daily, 10/26/07 – “Air Force Makes Renewed Case For Managing Inventory Without Legislative Restrictions” Lexis
The Air Force's leadership…bill, he said
The Air Force is experiencing an enormous budget crunch – the overall budget isn’t increasing and all funds require some kind of internal tradeoff
Air Force Times, 7 (James Hannah, AP – “Air Force Looking For Ways to Cut Costs”)
Air Force bases…in fuel a year
AFRICOM involves Air Force equipment and basing
BBC Montitoring, 12/8/07 – “Tanzanian Islamic paper rejects proposed US Africa command” – Lexis
Dangers of Africom…also be needed
Empirically proven – current efforts have involved the Air Force
Inside the Air Force, 11/16/07 – “USAF TO BEGIN FORMAL STAND UP OF AFRICOM AIR ARM IN DECEMBER” Lexis
AMSTEIN AIR FORCE…quick,” he said
Airpower is key to sustain US leadership and maintain a credible deterrent Hazdra, 1
(Maj Richard J Hazdra, USAF, “Air Mobility – the Key to the US National Security Strategy” August 01 http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/////fairchild_papers/Hazdra/Hazdra.pdf)
In shaping the international…to be successful
Woodward MN – Affirmative – Disease Surveillance
Plan—
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should provide the necessary assistance to expand infectious disease surveillance in topically designated areas.
ADVANTAGE ONE: DISEASE
WE HAVE TWO SCENARIOS FOR EXTINCTION—
FIRST, EMERGING DISEASE— THE CDC IS HAS ALREADY INCREASED FUDING DEVOTED TO SURVEILLANCE, UNFORTUNATELY THIS TARGETS THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA, NOT AFRICA.
US Department of State, 11/28/07
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/95907.htm)
Nearly 53 percent of the $13.5… emerging infectious disease threats.
ECOLOGICAL CLIMATE AND UNIQUE MIXTURE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS MAKE AFRICA THE MOST LIKELY SPOT FOR GLOBAL SPREAD.
Africa News, 2006
(“Animal and Plant Diseases a Growing Threat”, April 27, lexis)
A UK government programme… contributed to the 18-month study.
AND, THESE DISEASES CAUSE EXTINCTION.
South China Morning Post, 1996
(Dr. Ben-Abraham is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Biosante Pharmaceuticals Inc., January 4, lexis)
THE CDC’S INVESTIGATIVE EXPERTISE AND LABORATORY SUPPORT IS COMPARATIVELY BETTER THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD’S—THE PLAN IS KEY TO ROBUST INTERNATIONAL OUTBREAK MISSIONS.
Government Accountability Office, 2001
(“Global Health: Challenges in Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems”, August, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d01722.pdf)
Ineffective routine surveillance… likely in developing countries.
CDC POSSESSES A BROAD SCIENTIFIC BASE THAT EFFECTIVELY COORDINATES GLOBAL ACTION—THIS IS EMPIRICALLY PROVEN IN AFRICA.
Arthur, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10/4/2007
(Ray, STATES NEWS SERVICE, “CDCS Global Disease Detection Program: Safeguarding Our Nation”, lexis)
The GDD program effectively… monitoring of avian influenza cases.
CDC’S COORDINATION WITH ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES IS KEY TO DETECT ZOONOTIC OUTBREAKS.
Arthur, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10/4/2007
(Ray, STATES NEWS SERVICE, “CDCS Global Disease Detection Program: Safeguarding Our Nation”, lexis)
Approximately 75% of recently identified… health and animal health sectors.
SECOND, AVIAN FLU—SUCCESSFUL POLICIES IN ASIA HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA—THIS MAKES IT A UNIQUE SPOT FOR AVIAN FLU SPREAD.
Davis, Professor of History at U of California and author on the Avian Flu, February 7, 2007
(Mike, THE GUARDIAN, “The plague of bird flu will erupt out of Java, not Suffolk”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2007340,00.html)
However, since the original outbreak… fiasco to the international science press.
AND, AFRICA IS THE KEY SPOT FOR AVIAN FLU SPREAD—MIGRATORY BIRDS, LACK OF PREPAREDNESS, AND OPEN-TRADE.
Ababa, Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture at the AU, 2006
(Addis, “Avian Flue: Possible Outbreak, Economic Importance and Emergency Preparedness Intiative in Africa” http://www.africa-union.org/Rural%20Agriculture/Avian%20Flu/Avian%20Influenza%20-%20INFORMATION.pdf )
Emergency Preparedness in Africa is highly… hardships particularly to rural communities.
AND, AFRICAN FLU VIRUSES DISPLAY MUTATIONS THAT ENABLE AVIAN FLU TO SPREAD BETWEEN HUMANS.
Forbes, October 4, 2007
(“Key Viral Change Could Help Bird Flu Spread”, http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN04393544 )
U.S. scientists say they've spotted… are the ones closest to becoming a human virus."
THIS MAKES A GLOBAL SPREAD IN 2008 A CERTAINTY..
Caplan, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. 12/31/07 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22451442/)
Anyone remember pandemic flu?… this time bomb that has not stopped ticking.
AVIAN FLU SPREADS GLOBALLY IN MONTHS—KILLING BILLIONS AND COLLAPSING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
Chandra, Center for Strategic Decision Research, 2004
[Satish, Global Security: A broader Concept for the 21st Century, May 7th http://www.csdr.org/2004book/chandra.htm]
This scenario, as frightening… mortality rate is estimated.
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE CAUSES EXTINCTION.
Bearden, Director of the Association of Distinguished American Scientists, 2000
(T. E., Fellow Emeritus of the Alpha Foundation's Institute for Advanced Study "The Unnecessary Energy Crisis: How to Solve It Quickly," June 12)
EXPANDING CDC SURVEILLANCE IS CRUCIAL TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LAB SUPPORT, EXPERTISE, AND TRAINING TO PREVENT AND CONTAIN AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS.
Blount, Director of the Office of Global Health, May 2, 2007
(Stephen B., “Testimony before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies, May, 2, http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/2007/05/t20070502a.html)
Currently, the US and the rest of the… channels so we can respond effectively.
CDC TRAINING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PREVENTING AVIAN FLU OUTBREAKS.
Arthur, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10/4/2007
(Ray, STATES NEWS SERVICE, “CDCS Global Disease Detection Program: Safeguarding Our Nation”, lexis)
CDC's comprehensive Global… contain pandemic influenza strains.
ADVANTAGE TWO: TERROR
THE US IS CURRENTLY FACING A SHORTAGE OF EXPERIENCED PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS—THIS PREVENTS RAPID DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK..
Katz, doctoral candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Office of Population Research at Princeton University, 2002
(Rebecca, THE WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, Vol. 25, No. 3, “Public Health Preparedness: The Best Defense against Biological Weapons,” Summer)
TRAINING When Hantavirus Pulmonary… and set up collaborative efforts.
AND, INCREASING CDC PERSONEL CREATES A STRONG DOMESTIC PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPAPBLE OF MINMIZING THE CASUALTIES AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK.
Smolinski et al, Director of the Global Health & Security Initiative at Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2003
(Marks. Smolinski (Former Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academics of Science and Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Margaret A. Hamburg (Vice President for Biological Programs at Nuclear Threat Initiative), & Joshua Lederberg (Directs the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Informatics at The Rockefeller University) Editors, Board on Global Health at the institute of the National Academics, Microbial threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response, 3-18-2003, http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10636.html)
As described earlier, surveillance of and… disease- or problem-specific areas.
CDC SURVEILLANCE IN AFRICA PROVIDES UNIQUE TRAINING AND REAL-WORLD EXPERTISE.
Cole, 2005
(Matt, CDC Foundation Program Officer, “Perspectives: On-the-Job Training for Disease Detectives in Kenya”, http://www.cdcfoundation.org/frontline/2005/kenya_disease_detectives.aspx)
One of the reasons developing… who share this passion.
TWO SCENARIOS FOR EXTINCTION.
FIRST, BIOTERRORISM--BIOTERRORISM IS THE MOST PROBABLE SCENARIO FOR TERRORISM—MOTIVATION EXISTS AND IMPLEMENTATION IS EASIER THAN EVER.
Njuguna, Masters in Biotechnology and prominent contributor on bioweapons to Bonn International Center, 2005
(James Thuo, AFRICAN SECURITY REVIEW, Vol. 14, No. 1, “Evaluating the threat of biological weapons in Eastern Africa”, http://www.iss.co.za/index.php?link_id=3&slink_id=1967&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3)
Terrorist groups exist to promote… biological weapon.32
BIOTERRORISM CAUSES EXTINCTION
Ochs, member of the Depleted Uranium Task force of the Military Toxics Project and the Chemical Weapons Working Group, 2002
(Richard, “BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS MUST BE ABOLISHED IMMEDIATELY”, 7/9, http://www.freefromterror.net/other_articles/abolish.html)
AND, RETALIATION AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK SPARKS MULTIPLE SCENARIOS FOR NUCLEAR WAR.
Corsi, Best Selling Author on Terrorism, 2005
(Jerome, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 4/20, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43817)
EXPERT STUDIES CONCLUDE THAT CDC RESPONSE SPEED AND ASSISTANCE CAPABILITIES ARE UNMATCHED GLOBALLY.
Naylor et al, Dean of Medicine at the U of Toronto, 2003
(Dr. Sheela Basrur, Medical Officer of Health, City of Toronto; Dr. Michel G. Bergeron, Chairman of the Division of Microbiology and of the Infectious Diseases Research Centre of Laval University, Quebec City; Dr. Robert C. Brunham, Medical Director of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver; Dr. David Butler-Jones, Medical Health Officer for Sun Country, and Consulting Medical Health Officer for Saskatoon Health Regions, Regina; Gerald Dafoe, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Public Health Association, Ottawa; Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré, Vice-President, Professional Affairs and Chief Nurse Executive at University Health Network, Toronto; Frank Lussing, Past President and CEO of York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill; Dr. Allison McGeer, Director of Infection Control, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto; Kaaren R. Neufeld, Executive Director and Chief Nursing Officer at St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg; Dr. Frank Plummer, Scientific Director of the Health Canada National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SARS AND PUBLIC HEALTH, “Learning From SARS: Renewal of Public Health in Canada”, October 23, http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/sars-sras/naylor/3_e.html#s3a)
The CDC has 12 centres… is unmatched globally
SECOND, AGRO-TERRORISM—TERRORISTS WILL TARGET FOOD SUPPLIES CAUSING MASSIVE DEATH, CONTAMINATE FOOD, AND PYSCHOLOGICALLY DEVASTATE THE U.S—OUR EVIDENCE CITES EXPERTS IN FOOD SECURITY.
Business Community Report, 2006
(“Is SA prepared for bioterrorism?”, 11/1, http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/12287.html)
It has now become a vital responsibility… industry itself," Buchanan emphasised.
HIGH FOOD PRICES KILLS BILLIONS OVERNIGHT AND COLLAPSES THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
Brown, 1998
(Lester, THE FUTURIST, “Food scarcity: an environmental wakeup call”, January 1, http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/laws-government-regulations-environmental/663828-1.html)
The food system is likely to be the… between 1959 and 1961.
THE CDCS ZOONOTIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM PROVIDES RAPID ALERT SYSTEMS, UNIQUE DATABASES AND TRAINING ABROAD TO PREVENT AGRO-TERRORISM—ONLY THE CDC CAN RAPID COMMUNICATION OUTLETS.
King, Senior Veterinarian at the Department of Health and Human Services, 2006
(Lonnie, “CDC Agroterrorism and Zoonotic Threat Preparedness Efforts”, August 24, http://www.hhs.gov/asl/testify/t060824.html)
A possible target of agroterrorism… pathogen like pandemic influenza.
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