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Away from the wildfires there were a couple of stories from Capitol Hill--and one of them was about global warming. ABC's Lisa Stark reported that the testimony by the Centers for Disease Control on the public health risks of climate change for a Senate panel had been "cut down" by the White House. Director Julie Gerberding wanted to cite a dozen dangers including asthma, heat stress and food borne illnesses--but they were edited out. Her report was trimmed from an original 14 pages to six, dropping the phrases "a serious public health concern" and "likely experience difficult challenges."
NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's testimony before a House panel about her department's outsourcing of security and support services. Diplomats used to do everything in-house until 13 years ago when a small program started in Haiti using 43 trainers to build a local police force. By 2001, the annual budget for contractors was $1.7bn; nowadays it is $5bn worldwide. Rice's staff for this entire program consists of 17 managers. "Under fire, Secretary Rice today promised more oversight."
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