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September 02, 2004
New York | Agenda For Next Three Years: Bob Bennett (And A Call To Increase National Park Spending)

Just spent some time with Bob Bennett, Senator from Utah. Like the others I’ve spoken with, I asked:

“Presuming a second term for the administration, what should be the administration’s top three priorities?”

His (paraphrased) response:

  • Social Security and Medicare reform … the President was starting to make ground here early in his first term, but then was unable to make further progress (war on terrorism and all) … he’d hope to focus more on those issues in a second term.
  • Reforming the intelligence communication structure … he’s “intrigued” by Pat Roberts’ proposal, and we have to stop using a Cold War infrastructure for GWOT challenges.
  • Trade issues.

I also asked if he thought the Federal Government should increase funding for national parks (Utah has five national parks). The answer: “Yes.” “We’ve added a lot of acres to the National Park system in the past 20 years, and we haven’t had a commensurate increase in funding.”



Posted by Alan at September 2, 2004 07:23 PM | TrackBack
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