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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4210)	1/28/2003 9:09:32 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

9/11 Probe: Aiming High By Timothy J. Burger TIME.com Sunday 27 January 2003 The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks wants to talk to top Bush Administration officials After a bumpy start that included the resignation of Henry Kissinger as its first chairman, the commission investigating pre-Sept. 11 government lapses may remain just as controversial. Two commissioners of the bipartisan panel, which holds its first meeting this week, told TIME they will push for a wide-ranging, aggressive probe that will include testimony from top Bush Administration officials who didn't testify last year in a joint inquiry by the House and Senate intelligence committees. One panelist, Tim Roemer, a Democrat who just retired from Congress, complained in a statement he issued last month as a member of the House-Senate panel that the congressional probe suffered because such officials as Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, John Ashcroft and Condoleezza Rice "were not questioned directly about issues related to the Sept. 11 attacks." A Rumsfeld spokesman refused to "speculate on what participation will be extended" to the commission. But Roemer told TIME that all relevant Bush officials must be interviewed this time around, along with officials from prior Administrations. His view is echoed by another commissioner, who says, "I can't imagine that we wouldn't be talking to them." Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, a key architect of the legislation forming the commission, said the Bush Administration "slow-walked and stonewalled" the House-Senate inquiry. "I don't see how you can have a thorough investigation without talking to the people who were in charge throughout the time period prior to 9/11," he told TIME. McCain said the new investigation should go at least as far back as 1989, when U.S.-backed mujahedin drove the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan--and the U.S. pulled back from involvement in the war--scarred region truthout.org

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (4210)	1/28/2003 10:35:36 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 25898

Here's another example of a chickenhawk: S.C. Governor May Quit Air Force Reserve By JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer January 27, 2003, 7:58 PM EST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Freshman Gov. Mark Sanford says he is considering dropping out of the Air Force Reserve one year after he was commissioned in a move critics said was politically motivated. Sanford, a Republican, was commissioned last January as a first lieutenant in the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron stationed at Charleston Air Force Base. He has said he joined the reserve because he came to admire military service during his three terms in the U.S. House and wanted to provide an example to his four young sons. But now Sanford says he can't deploy if his squadron is called to action because he is governor. And he's deciding whether he will honor his military commitment at all, igniting a debate that is playing out on editorial pages around the state. Retired Maj. Edgar Gomez, a former chief administrator from Sanford's squadron, wondered why the issue had come up now. "When the possibility of our country's finest being called to serve has never been more likely? Why, is he scared?" Gomez wrote in a letter to the editor in The State two weeks ago. "It occurs to me that now that he has the governorship, this distasteful move at resume padding has served its purpose." Sanford declined to comment specifically on Gomez's letter and wouldn't say whether he had made a decision about his future in the military. "I would say, 'Stay tuned,'" he said Monday. Col. Chris King, an Air Force Reserve spokesman, said the squadron has not been called up. Sanford currently is part of a medical support unit. Sanford, a real estate investor, was portrayed during the campaign as a wealthy elitist by Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges. But Sanford is also extremely frugal -- he slept on a futon in his Washington office -- and he beat Hodges by more than 60,000 votes. There were questions over whether Sanford wielded influence to gain his commission as a second lieutenant, but the governor said he received no special treatment. He also said he was not considering a gubernatorial bid when he joined. newsday.com