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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (32658)	8/27/2000 9:39:51 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Whoops. Here's another example of George W. Bush's lack of preparedness. The story is from today's Chicago Tribune: Cheney: Bush was wrong on military readiness By Bob Kemper Tribune Staff Writer August 27, 2000 7:45 p.m. CDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush was wrong when he charged in his convention speech that some military units are not currently prepared to fight a war, Bush's running mate, Richard Cheney, conceded Sunday. Cheney acknowledged in a series of television interviews that Bush had used out-of-date data when he charged Aug. 3 that two of the Army's 10 divisions had deteriorated under the watch of the Clinton administration to the point that they are not prepared for battle. "If called on by the commander-in-chief today," Bush told the convention, "two entire divisions of the Army would have to report, "Not ready for duty, sir."' Those remarks were based on an Army report done last year. And while it was true then that the divisions were over-extended and temporarily could not meet combat readiness requirements, conditions have improved and both now are ready to fight, former and current defense officials have said.