Posted on 06/04/2004 11:00:27 AM PDT by areafiftyone
(1010 WINS) (FORT DRUM, N.Y.) The president of Afghanistan will visit Fort Drum next week to honor the U.S. soldiers who helped provide security to his war-torn country.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit the Tenth Mountain Division's northern New York base on Tuesday, during his trip to the United States to attend the Group of Eight summit next week in Georgia. Karzai will meet with President Bush at the White House on June 15th.
Karzai was named leader of the transitional Afghan government in December 2001. He will run for president in September, when the nation holds its first popular election since the Taliban government collapsed in late 2001.
Thousands of Tenth Mountain troops have served in Afghanistan, helping to root out Taliban holdouts and al-Qaida terrorists.
Hillary and Chuckie Schumer usually attend big doin's at Fort Drum. You think they'll have the nerve to show this time? Of course, there may be live mikes.
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