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...continue to be placed in harms way, deserve better. Claims that the USS Cole incident was the result of an intelligence failure or logistical necessities are suspect. Gen. Anthony Zinni, former commander of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf (also known as Central Command, or CENTCOM), assumed responsibility for moving refueling operations and testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Yemeni port of Aden was the least vulnerable option--and thus essential to U.S. Persian Gulf operations. Nothing seems further from the truth...
...Kashmir and other conflicts involving Muslims. But he also declared a jihad against the United States, and has been accused of authoring a number of bloody attacks on Americans, most notably the 1998 embassy bombings in east Africa. He's also a prime suspect in the attack on the USS Cole...
...edge of the audience, Clinton-style, if without Clinton's emotionally hungry ease. He called attention to his departures from his Round 2 pussycat posture. And he came prepared with opening eulogies not just for late Missouri governor Mel Carnahan but the sailors killed on the USS Cole, which took over half his first response. By the time he cited Carnahan's record in a later question on affirmative action, we were witness to a classic instance of Gore-esque coffin-riding, ? la his 1992 and 1996 convention speeches. (Whereas Bush, thankfully quickly, wished God's blessings on those...
...beautiful summer's day, accompanied by a brisk wind, the USS Constitution led a majestic procession of tall ships from across the world into Boston Harbor Tuesday...
...most popular attractions during the week did not even participate in the parade. The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy arrived on Monday morning and was open to the public later in the week. The carrier was escorted by a pair of cruisers, the USS Hue City and the USS Vicksburg and by a destroyer, the USS McFaul...