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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  ROLL CALL: Congress Plans for the Worst Wed Feb 12 2003 17:07:05 ET Rising fears of a biological or chemical attack on the nation�s capital have spurred Congressional leaders to begin scheduling closed-door meetings with health and law-enforcement officials to discuss the consequences of such a catastrophic event, ROLL CALL reported on Wednesday. MORE House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood is scheduled to brief Democrats and Republicans today about steps being taken to secure the Capitol and ensure Members� safety if an attack occurs. �The Sergeant-at-Arms will offer advice, recommendations and update people,� said House Administration Chairman Bob Ney (R-Ohio). Across the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said he will ask Dr. John Eisold, a Navy admiral who serves as Congress� attending physician, to brief the leadership on how the Capitol medical community will respond should terrorists detonate a biological or chemical device. �I am going to ask him to come in and brief leadership of what is the status here in Washington, because a lot of people are asking if Washington is targeted and New York is targeted, what should you do?� said Frist, himself a physician. ROLL CALL's Mark Preston and Erin Billings REPORT: So far, officials insisted, there is no master plan to inoculate Members for smallpox or other contagions, said a spokesman for the Attending Physician�s office, who noted the office plans to follow guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services. Developing... |
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