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Kerry tells his campaign audiences how, as a returning Vietnam vet, he stood up to the waste and carnage and injustice of what he calls "Nixon's war." All true, except for one inconvenient fact. The man who got us into Vietnam--committing what is arguably the most egregious presidential misjudgment of the 20th century--was not Nixon. It was Kerry's political hero, John F. Kennedy: Ivy League, U.S. Navy, decorated officer whose wartime valor propelled him to Massachusetts Senator and then Democratic candidate for President of the United States. Sound familiar? So much for biography...
...VET RX: The Department of Veterans Affairs negotiates drug bargains. Why can't Medicare...
Punishment may seem an ill-fitting strategy for a genial fellow who was a surfer dude as well as a jock in his California teens. But Fox's German-American mom and Vietnam-vet stepdad taught him discipline and focus, which he needed as he took 15 college and pro coaching jobs in 25 years. (His wife Robin spent their honeymoon in the stands as Fox coached in the U.S. Football League.) So he knew hunger when he came to Carolina. "Losing 15 games in a row, everybody had scars. They were ashamed and embarrassed, and willing to do anything...
...leave on short notice, it would be a catastrophe." Hearing last month from Pentagon officials that Ramstein would stay open was a huge relief, he said. Others had more sentimental reasons for wanting the soldiers to stay. "The Americans changed us," says Herbert Grimm, 81, a World War II vet who lives in Baumholder, 50 km from Ramstein, where the U.S. has a training base. "They opened up the world to us. They came as strangers but became part of us." Pentagon officials and military analysts have been quick to insist that the changes have nothing to do with...
...www.12apostleshotel.com. For $650 a day, you get a sea-facing room, breakfast and dinner for two humans and one very lucky pet. HONG KONG: Dogotel At this canine-only facility, guests are assigned their own rooms, with ample space to stretch their legs and a vet-recommended bed. Scheduled playtime and social opportunities are provided and staff are on-site 24 hours a day. Dogotel only accepts dogs under 35 kg. tel: (852) 2711 0019; www.dogotel.com. Rooms are $23-$36 a night, depending on the dog's weight...