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Back row: U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt; Manhattan mayor Tom Phillips; U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback; Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley; U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore; U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts; Kansas House Minority Leader Dennis McKinney; Kansas Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson; and U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.
Sitting: Speaker of the Kansas House Melvin Neufeld; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius; and Kansas Senate President Steve Morris
Tuesday Feb. 26 -- Historic meeting in Roberts' office to discuss the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. Also present at the meeting was U.S. Rep Nancy Boyda.
K-STATE'S BIOSECURITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY WOULD MAKE POWERFUL RESEARCH TEAM: Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor, K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, and one of the state's first Kansas Bioscience Eminent Scholars
NBAF WOULD BE A DYNAMIC ADDITION: Linda Weis, chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce
NBAF WILL ADVANCE ANIMAL HEALTH AND HELP MAKE OUR NATION SAFER: Jeff Levin, Manhattan resident
OP-ED: HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING MAKE BIOCONTAINMENT RESEARCH SAFE: Scott Rusk, director of Pat Roberts Hall, home to K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute
BIO-FACILITIES PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES: Scott Rusk, director of Pat Roberts Hall, home to K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute
OP-ED: K-STATE'S FOCUS ON SAFE AND SECURE FOOD IS LONG-STANDING: Marty Vanier, director of operations for K-State's National Agricultural Biosecurity Center
OP-ED: ANIMAL DISEASE RESEARCH WILL BE SAFELY ACCOMPLISHED IN THE HEARTLAND: Ron Trewyn, K-State vice president for research, and Jerry Jaax, K-State associate vice president for research compliance
OP-ED: THE NBAF WOULD BUILD ON KANSAS' EXISTING STRENGTHS IN BIOSCIENCE: Tom Thornton, president, Kansas Bioscience Authority
NBAF'S LOCATION WILL HAVE REAL IMPLICATIONS FOR ANIMAL DISEASE, ECONOMY: Steve Henry, veterinarian in Abilene who works primarily with hogs and also an adjunct professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine
THE BENEFITS OF BRINGING NBAF TO K-STATE ARE TOO GREAT TO IGNORE: Fred Cholick, dean of K-State's College of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension
BIOCONTAINMENT LABS MAKE AMERICA SAFER: Scott Rusk has been involved in managing biocontainment facilities for more than 20 years. He is the associate director for operations at K-State's Biosecurity Research Institute.
WHAT BETTER PLACE TO PUT NBAF THAN HERE?: Ralph Richardson is dean of Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, from which he received his DVM nearly 40 years ago.
LET'S SHOW MANHATTAN IS RIGHT SITE FOR NBAF: Angela Kreps is a KSU graduate. She now lives in Overland Park and is president of KansasBio and is a member of the board of directors of the Kansas Bioscience Authority.
CITIZENS NEED STRAIGHT TALK ON NBAF SAFETY: Nancy and Jerry Jaax are graduates of K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine and work at K-State. While serving at USAMRIID, they were key participants in the 1989 Reston Ebola outbreak detailed in Richard Preston's best seller "The Hot Zone," which inspired the 1995 film "Outbreak."
KANSAS IS PRIMED TO COMPETE FOR NBAF: Pat Roberts, U.S. senator from Kansas