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April 1, 2012

On Tuesday, April 10, Rep. Adam Smith will host U.S. Service Academy Night at Columbia Junior High School in Fife.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about obtaining a Congressional Nomination to one of the United States Service Academies, and meet field representatives from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.


March 28, 2012
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On March 29, 2012, Congressman Adam Smith made the following speech at RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C.:

Thank you very much Mark, thank you RAND Corporation for hosting me.


March 26, 2012
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Today, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that HUD will provide $72.6 million to public housing agencies nationwide to supply permanent housing and case management for thousands of homeless veterans.

March 22, 2012
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Letter to the Editor (Link)
Federal Way Mirror
March 23, 2012
byAllen Alleman MD
We thought dealing with the IRS was tough? Try dealing with Medicare as a "provider."
Federal Way Family Physicians is a small family medical practice. Due to a recent bureaucratic screw-up, Medicare didn't pay us for services for about two months. (Small businesses, like families, need cash flow, otherwise well I don't want to think of that.)

March 22, 2012
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement following today's meeting with Army leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
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House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement following today's meeting with Army leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord:


March 21, 2012
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Today, we celebrate World Water Day and the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) which Congress passed in 1972 to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters."


March 21, 2012
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Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program

March 21, 2012
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement in response to the Department of Interior's announcement that it would move forward in awarding 17 grants totaling $2.9 million to preserve and interpret confinement sites around the country where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II
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Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement in response to

March 12, 2012
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Recent successes have paved the way for a withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Obama has aggressively prosecuted the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Osama Bin Laden is dead, many of al-Qaeda's senior leadership have been incapacitated, and the Taliban has been beaten back and significantly degraded.
These are significant achievements, and they have created time and space for the Afghan National Security Force to develop. At some point, full responsibility has to be turned over to the Afghan people.

March 11, 2012
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement in response to the U.S.