According to a recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, Americans say the President and Congress should make the issues of terrorism and Iraq their two highest priorities for 2006. More than half the Americans polled in mid-December placed these two issues in the “extremely important” category. The poll’s other six issues, in rank order, were healthcare costs, the economy, Social Security, gas and home heating prices, controlling illegal immigration, and immigration.
Small satellites meant to improve the way the U.S. measures Earth’s magnetic field—an option to expand the military’s position, navigation, and timing enterprise—launched March 30 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.