Inspector: government oil officials plied with drugs, sex

Sen. Nelson, left, recently met with a Florida National Guard unit deploying to Iraq while he was visiting Camp Blanding, near Starke.

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Sen. Nelson, left, recently met with a Florida National Guard unit deploying to Iraq while he was visiting Camp Blanding, near Starke.

 

Nelson remembers victims of 9/11 attacks

Nelson seeks benefits for veteran's family

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing to make sure the family of a veteran treated wrongly by the Army get their due. The veteran, Sam Snow of Leesburg, was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, had his pay taken away, and was dishonorably discharged, with no hope of receiving any future health or retirement benefits from his service during World War II until the day before his death.
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New law gives Internet phone users 9-1-1

 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, second from right, joins President Bush, seated, for the signing of a bill Nelson co-authored requiring Internet-based telephone companies provide customers with 9-1-1 emergency service.

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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, second from right, joins President Bush, seated, for the signing of a bill Nelson co-authored requiring Internet-based telephone companies provide customers with 9-1-1 emergency service.

 

Congress being asked to ban oil trading

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has filed legislation to ban unregulated speculative trading of oil futures and other energy commodities as a way to curb the unchecked run-up in crude oil and gasoline prices that took off after Congress deregulated electronic trading of energy futures in late 2000.
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Congress gives OK to 911 on Internet
three years after Florida girl's death

Senators act to protect women in war zone from sexual assault

 

Nelson listens as a witness tells of being assaulted in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A key U.S. Senate committee has responded to public outcry over the lack of prosecution in more than two dozen alleged rapes of female contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved language in a broad defense operations and spending plan that would require contractors in war zones to report such crimes and provide assistance for victims of sexual assault. 
 Nelson listens as a witness  tells of being assaulted in Iraq.
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Senator warns of Chinese espionage

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In testimony before a congressional advisory panel, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson warned that a series of recent spy cases in the U.S. underscores the need for government targeting of an "adept and determined" espionage effort by the Chinese.
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