[CPEO-MEF] Pentagon Asks Easing of Rules (LA Times)

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Pentagon Asks Easing of Rules
Environment: The White House wants to restrict protections for marine 
mammals. Changes are being sought to six laws.

By ELIZABETH SHOGREN, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is seeking to restrict protections 
for marine mammals as part of a sweeping proposal to exempt the military 
from key provisions of environmental legislation

The complete LA Times article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la--42002enviro.story

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