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...Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked American businesses and the general public to be on "high alert," given what he believes to be a heightened risk for more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Police and national guardsmen have been stationed in and around cities, providing increased security to major thoroughfares, bridges and tourist attractions. Ashcroft has also asked the FBI to temporarily suspend investigations into the September 11th attacks in order to focus on taking preventative measures against any imminent attacks...
...much that was precious has died, but as though in a kind of eternal promise, something new has been born. We are seeing it in our nation and sensing it in ourselves, a new faith in our oldest values, a rendezvous with grace. We may all be National Guardsmen in a year, or be having bottled-water drills. We may have lost even more people who are dear to us. But when a free people, who invented the idea of liberty as a form of government, rediscovers its power, there is no telling where it might go. And when each...
...federal government in charge of managing bag screening and airport security - and while the legislation chugs through Congress, give state governors money to put National Guardsmen at security checkpoints to help...
...medal for the sake of all those who had fought and lost more than he had. Kerrey's sister Jessie Rasmussen says he was still struggling with a decision as the family gathered in Washington for the ceremony. But on May 14, 1970, just 10 days after National Guardsmen shot and killed antiwar protesters at Kent State University, Kerrey allowed Nixon to pin the country's highest military honor on his chest...
...medal for the sake of all those who had fought and lost more than he had. Kerrey's sister Jessie Rasmussen says he was still struggling with a decision as the family gathered in Washington for the ceremony. But on May 14, 1970, just 10 days after National Guardsmen shot and killed antiwar protesters at Kent State University, Kerrey allowed Nixon to pin the country's highest military honor on his chest...