U.S. concerns possible DPRK missile launch
www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-19 05:28:24 Print
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) — The United States has deployed missile defense weapons around Hawaii in a precaution to a possible missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday.
The United States and South Korea claim that the DPRK has moved a long-range ballistic missile, which could be a version of the Taepodong-2, to a west coast launch site in preparation for a possible test launch within days....
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/19/content_11564555.htm
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DPRK may fire missile toward Hawaii: Report
SEOUL: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday.....
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-06/19/content_8300490.htm
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U.S. Fortifies Hawaii to Meet Threat From Korea
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124535285705228571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Fishing trip off Key West coast encounters nuclear submarine USS Georgia
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The men put down their fishing poles and Miller Lite, and watched. Before them was the USS Georgia, about as long as the Tampa skyline is tall. Crew members stood on top of the vessel, looking out at the waves.
The sub, wrote Navy Commander Patrick W. McNally in an e-mail, was being used for routine dive training to prepare “operators for possible missions overseas.” McNally wouldn’t share specifics “due to the sensitive nature of special operations.”
Schermerhorn and Marlowe learned that when five boats stocked with machine guns approached. Men in sunglasses and black fatigues told them to move 2,000 yards away. Marlowe grabbed the boat’s wheel. Schermerhorn held his camera....
http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/article1011517.ece
I can’t wait......
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested in his story.
The memoir by Cheney, widely considered the most powerful vice president in history, is expected to be published in Spring 2011, a few months after President George W. Bush’s book comes out. Cheney’s work is currently untitled and will cover his long career in government, from chief of staff under President Ford to vice president under Bush, from Vietnam and Watergate to the first Gulf War and the Sept. 11 attacks.
In a telephone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, the 68-year-old Cheney noted that he had never written a book about his years in government, which dates back to the 1960s.
“I’m persuaded there are a lot of interesting stories that ought to be told,” Cheney said. “I want my grandkids, 20 or 30 years from now, to be able to read it and understand what I did, and why I did it.”