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The tipping point?

This week, after reviewing his own new data, NASA climate scientist Jay Zwally said: “At this rate, the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free at the end of summer by 2017, much faster than previous predictions.”

- Scientists fear Arctic thaw has reached ‘tipping point’, Associated Press, December 12, 2007.

2. The end appears nigh for Saddam Hussein’s regime, but U.S. officials were not ready to say Monday they had reached the “tipping point,” that moment when most Iraqis believe the dictator is finished.

“I can’t say we’re at a tipping point,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a Pentagon news briefing. “I think that there won’t be a single point.”

- Despite successes, U.S. says Iraq war hasn't reached ‘tipping point’, The Dallas Morning News, April 7, 2003.

3. The two most recent Surgeons General of the United States, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., FAAFP, FACPM, FACP and Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, today led the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance in urging policymakers to take direct action in health reform to address obesity and the chronic diseases associated with it.

“We’ve reached the tipping point on obesity in the United States,” said Dr. Richard H. Carmona, 17th U.S. Surgeon General, Health and Wellness Chairperson of the STOP Obesity Alliance and President of Canyon Ranch Institute. “Obesity now impacts every aspect of our lives, including the future of our health care system. Health reform that directly addresses obesity will save lives, save money, and improve the health and well-being of every American.”