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To: Sully- who wrote (43487)	10/23/2001 4:10:42 PM
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Anthrax found at White House facility Bush Press Secretary says `it has not changed anything' By Jon Friedman & Allen Wan, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 4:05 PM ET Oct. 23, 2001 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Late this morning, a White House remote mail facility tested positive for anthrax, said Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary. Some White House personnel will be tested for exposure to the disease, Fleischer said. "The President has been informed," Fleischer said. The anthrax was found on a machine that handles the mail routed to the White House. Fleischer said he was confident that the anthrax wouldn't make its way into the White House but failed to elaborate. Fleischer tried to play down the notion that any signs of panic are impairing the Bush Administration. "The White House has always been a target," Fleischer said, noting that shots had been fired at the White House, too, without making a dent. "There is no other target like the White House," he said. Meanwhile, as thousands of postal workers lined up to be tested for exposure to anthrax, officials confirmed Tuesday that two of their colleagues at a key Washington facility had died from an inhaled form of the bacteria. Two other postal employees from the main Brentwood office in Washington remained hospitalized for inhalation anthrax. The scare over tainted mail wasn't limited to the capitol area. In Trenton, N.J., it was feared Tuesday that a postal worker had contracted inhalation anthrax at the facility where dozens of contaminated letters were sent to several media organizations over the past few weeks. Further, the New York Times, whose personnel have already fielded two anthrax scares in recent weeks in New York and Brazil, said it closed its mailroom after an employee opened an envelope containing a white powdery substance. The envelope didn't contain a return address and had a postmark of Glasgow, Scotland. As officials attempted to trace the source of the anthrax, U.S. jets continued their relentless bombing of Taliban targets in the hope of aiding rebel forces in Afghanistan and curbing the international scourge of terrorism. Congressional leader Richard Gephardt met with President Bush on Tuesday morning and said after that "we all suspect that" there was a link between the terrorist attack on Sept. 11 and the recent wave of anthrax cases in the U.S. Senate leaders were meeting to put the finishing touches on an antiterrorism package that is expected to total around $8 billion. Measures include upgrading the federal capacity to respond to bioterrorism, accelerating production of smallpox vaccines and drug stockpiling. See full story. Congress returned to work after shutting down last week following discovery of the bacteria in Senator Tom Daschle's office. House and Senate office buildings remained closed for anthrax testing. In Washington, about 3,400 postal employees from the Brentwood facility and auxiliary offices were being tested and given antibiotics. Anthrax poisoning from inhalation is more serious than the skin form, which has been the common ailment of several news employees in a recent spate of attacks. The anthrax scare continued to dog the stock markets. The Dow was in danger of snapping a three-day hot streak while the Nasdaq clawed higher in afternoon trade. See full story. U.S. warplanes, Northern Alliance attack Taliban Meanwhile, U.S. warplanes continued to attack Taliban strongholds and troops in northern Afghanistan on the battleground with rebel Northern Alliance forces. "We're using every weapon that's available to us in the inventory," Rear Admiral John Stufflebeem, deputy director Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during the daily Pentagon press briefing. Stufflebeem hinted that the attacks may be prolonged. He said he had hoped that the coalition forces could have "wrapped up" the attacks before bad weather arrived in Afghanistan "We don't think that's realistic," he said. At the same time, the military leader said that the U.S.-led forces could continue to thrive under any weather or combat conditions. "We are an all-weather force," he said. "There are going to be good flying days." cbs.marketwatch.com