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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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- Person
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- Nuclear
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- Israel
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summary: "Jody Powell was President Jimmy Carter's press secretary."
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born: 1943-09-30
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died: 2009-09-14
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location: "Cordele, Georgia"
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Jody Powell was President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s press secretary. In October 1977, he publicly announced that "four years of continuing investigation" by the [[Atomic Energy Commission|AEC]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and General Accounting Office had "failed to reveal" a diversion of uranium to [[Israel]] from [[Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation|NUMEC]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 18. |