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  • Honore: U.S. military should have reached Haiti sooner

    01/16/2010 11:53:53 AM PST · by Red in Blue PA · 44 replies · 1,416+ views
    CNN ^ | 1/16/2010 | Staff
    Washington (CNN) -- The retired general who took charge of relief efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina said Thursday that the U.S. military should have arrived in earthquake-devastated Haiti 24 hours earlier. "The good Samaritans who moved early on the first day are to be applauded. They made a difference," said Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, a CNN contributor. "What we've got to do now is get the heavy equipment in. I thought the U.S. military could have been there a day earlier. They're on the ground now, and they have a brigade en route, and that's going to...
  • Spanish King Tells Chavez To "Shut Up"

    11/10/2007 3:38:24 PM PST · by battlegearboat · 168 replies · 246+ views
    AP ^ | NOV 10, 2007 6:13pm US/Eastern | Eduardo Gallardo
    SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up" Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Chavez, who called President Bush the "devil" ...