Clarke Is Hero to Some Families of 9/11 Victims

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=716&e=11&u=/nm/20040325/ts_nm/security_commission_apology_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks praised former counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke on Thursday for publicly apologizing for not doing enough to prevent the tragedy.


Clarke, whose credibility has been questioned by the Bush administration, began his testimony on Wednesday to a commission probing the attacks by asking for grieving relatives' forgiveness, prompting clapping and tears from the packed hearing room on Capitol Hill.


"It's the first time we have had a public apology by any of the officials that were in office on that terrible morning," said Patty Casazza, who lost her husband when a hijacked plane rammed into the World Trade Center in New York.


"An apology goes a long way to healing the wounds and moving forward," Casazza told ABC's "Good Morning America" program.

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[qanda]

1. Please read the entire article-- It's great!

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[underpants]

2. No quesiton about his credibility to them

Up yours W and your PR department Fox "News".

[Minstrel Boy]

3. The first public apology from any official.

Think about that.

Two and a half years later, and no one in office had accepted responsibility.

No one has even lost a job!

[leftchick]

4. looks like the WH is a little touchy over the moment....

<snip>"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of 9/11. The president has personally met with hundreds of these families to convey his sympathies and he has grieved with them, and his commitment is to do everything we can to ensure we are not attacked again," said White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan.

:puke:

[hippiechick]

6. Show us the photos ....

Ms. Whitehouse Spokeswoman ... I want to see Bush personally meeting with and grieving with those families . Because we all know if he really has, it would have been force fed to all of the news media to show us what a wonderful pretzeldunce he truly is.


:hippie:

[leftchick]

7. and it had to be worked around one of his daily...

fundraisers.... :eyes:

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Empty words

and most probably LIES! When has Mr. Trifecta "personally met with hundreds of these families to convey his sympathies, and 'grieved with them"?

[Spazito]

5. Excellent article!

It looks like the freepers think so too, there has been 1927 votes on it, they are trying desperately to keep it off the top ratings.

[NashVegas]

9. Locking

Please try to keep the Clarke story offshoots to a minimum, and as much as possible, consolidate and post them into the day's early threads. Thanks.

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