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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 – Daily News – 5A WORLD BRIEFING Pawlenty announces exploratory committee ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty pressed toward a White House cam- paign Monday by formally announcing an exploratory committee with a call for backers to help him ‘‘take back our government.’’ ‘‘At a young age, I saw up close the face of chal- lenge, the face of hardship and the face of job loss,’’ the Republican said in a two- minute video message designed to appeal to tea party activists and GOP rank and file facing eco- nomic insecurity. ‘‘Over the last year I’ve traveled to nearly every state in the country and I know many Americans are feeling that way today. I know that feeling. I lived it. But there is a brighter future for America.’’ The optimistic note harkened to another upbeat politician: President Barack Obama, who ran on the message of hope and change in 2008. Pawlenty’s announce- ment of the exploratory committee almost certainly will lead to a full-blown candidacy for the GOP nomination in a field that has been slow to form. The winner would face the daunting task of unseating an incumbent president. Texas man gets US’s first full face transplant BOSTON (AP) — A Texas construction worker horribly disfigured in a power line accident has undergone the nation’s first full face transplant in hopes of smiling again and feeling kisses from his 3-year-old daughter. Dallas Wiens, 25, received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves from an unidentified dead person in an operation paid for by the U.S. military, which wants to use what is learned to help soldiers with severe facial wounds. Wiens will not resemble ‘‘either what he used to be or the donor,’’ but some- thing in between, said plas- tic surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac). ‘‘The tissues are really molded on a new per- son.’’ Crafter’s Boutique Mon.-Fri. 11-5 • Sat 11-3 Closed Sunday & Monday First Friday Night of every month is Womens Night Out Open: 11am - 8 pm 650 Main St., Red Bluff 530 519-4174 Gifts for family & friends Plenty of parking on Pine Street Pomahac led a team of more than 30 doctors, nurs- es and other staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital during the 15-hour operation last week. Wiens was listed in good condition at the Boston hospital on Monday. He did not appear at a news conference with the surgeon. The Fort Worth man’s features were all but burned away and he was left blind after hitting a power line while painting a church in November 2008. The trans- plant was not able to restore his sight, and some nerves were so badly damaged from his injury that he will probably have only partial sensation on his left cheek and left forehead, the sur- geon said. NRC says Japan nuclear crisis appears to be stabilizing ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The nuclear crisis is Japan, while severe, appears to be stabilizing and does not warrant any imme- diate changes in U.S. nuclear plants, a top U.S. nuclear official said Mon- day. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s executive director for operations, Bill Borchardt, said officials have ‘‘a high degree of con- • VITAMINS • MINERALS • HERBS Kelp Herb Shop Available Open: Tuesday-Friday 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Suite #E, Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 528-2930 333 So. Main St. fidence’’ that operations at the 104 nuclear reactors in 31 states are safe. He said inspectors at each of the plants have redoubled efforts to guard against any safety breaches. Borchardt gave NRC commissioners a detailed look at the Fukushima Dai- ichi plan, damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the U.S. response thus far. Borchardt told commis- sioners that Units 1, 2 and 3 at the crippled Fukushima plant have some core dam- age, but that containment for those three reactors has not been breached. ‘‘I would say optimisti- cally that things appear to be on the verge of stabiliz- ing,’’ he said. Future of health care overhaul still in question WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after President Barack Obama signed his historic health care over- haul, the law is taking root in the land. Whether it bears lasting fruit is still in ques- tion. The legislation estab- lished health insurance as a right and a responsibility. Thousands of families, businesses and seniors have benefited from its early pro- visions. But worries about affordability and complexi- ty point to problems ahead. And that’s assuming it with- stands a make-or-break challenge to its constitution- ality that the Supreme Court is expected to decide. Public divisions over the law are still so sharp that Americans can’t even agree what to call it. Supporters call it the Affordable Care Act, a shorter form of its unwieldy official title. It’s also known as ‘‘Oba- macare,’’ the epithet used by Republicans seeking its demise. While Obama returns from Latin America on the signing anniversary Wednesday, administration officials will fan out across the country. Community commemorations started Monday, underscoring that the health care battle has moved to the states. Even states suing to nullify the law’s requirement that most Americans carry health insurance are proceeding with at least some of the building blocks. 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