He just made the decision. I'm sorry, I meant she. The chair, Diane Linn, the uber-Liberal made the decision on her own. At least one commissioner, Lonnie Roberts, says it was a clandestine action and he was not consulted. Lonnie Roberts is the only member of the commission that could be considered somewhat conservative.
Vietnam Veterans Denounce 'Hanoi John'
Hundreds of U.S. Army veterans and Vietnamese escapees demonstrated Saturday outside John Kerry's campaign headquarters in Manhattan to protest his betrayal of them.
"Waving American and South Vietnamese flags and singing the U.S. national anthem, they held up signs saying 'Hanoi John,' and 'Kerry Betrayed Vietnam Vets'," Reuters reported.
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Hillary Endorses Kerry on Foreign TV
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton finally made her much-sought-after presidential endorsement on Tuesday for Sen. John Kerry. But she chose to make it in a venue where few if any Americans were watching.
Rather than appear side-by-side with the Democratic presidential front-runner, or ring up Dan Rather, Katie Couric or Larry King with the big news, she chose to deliver a lukewarm statement on, of all places, Japanese TV.
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