World Trade Center Anniversary 08

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McCain and Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks</div> <div> <IMG SRC="a852e580.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="344" ALT="AP Photo/Dennis Cook Obama imbrace of McCain Jan. 30, 2007 Washington DC" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.yahoo.com/"><IMG SRC="6cdd7210.gif" border=0 width="215" height="33" ALT="yahoo logo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A>  <A HREF="http://www.ap.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ap.org/"><IMG SRC="a886a1b0.png" border=0 width="106" height="27" ALT="AP News logo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <B>Families welcome candidates' WTC appearance </B></div> <div> By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 8, 2008</div> <bR> <div> NEW YORK - Relatives of people killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 say the decision by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain to appear together at ground zero on the seventh anniversary of the attacks is a welcome gesture of respect</div> <bR> <div> "I think it's a wonderful thing," Sally Regenhard, whose son, Christian, was killed at the trade center, said Monday. "I assume that they're coming down here to pay respects to the people who lost their lives and to really affirm the fact that this is sacred ground for America."</div> <bR> <div> Obama and McCain, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, said Saturday they would appear together at ground zero on Thursday "to honor the memory of each and every American who died." The campaigns already had agreed to halt television advertising critical of each other on Sept. 11.</div> <bR> <div> The welcome mat for McCain and Obama contrasts with the chilly reception some family members gave former New York mayor and then-presidential contender Rudy Giuliani one year ago. As Giuliani descended to the trade center site during the observance, one man yelled, "Scum! Scum!"</div> <bR> <div> Giuliani, who made his leadership after the terror attacks the cornerstone of his failed bid for the GOP nomination, spoke in 2007, as at previous ceremonies. Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton attended the 2007 observance in her capacity as a senator from New York but did not speak.</div> <bR> <div> In 2004, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry did not attend the anniversary observance at the trade center site. Bush visited on the eve of the fifth anniversary in 2006 but did not take part in the Sept. 11 ceremony.</div> <bR> <div> The McCain and Obama campaigns have not released details of the joint appearance, such as the timing of the visit or whether the candidates will speak.</div> <bR> <div> Rosaleen Tallon, who lost her brother, Sean, a rookie firefighter, said they should not speak.</div> <bR> <div> "It should just be where they're paying their respects," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Charles Wolf, who lost his wife, Katherine, recalled that McCain and Obama sat next to each other at the funeral of NBC newsman Tim Russert. He said their visit to ground zero should be similarly somber and dignified.</div> <bR> <div> "It's a tough time for family members. As much as you've moved on, when that anniversary comes around, it comes around," he said.</div> <bR> <div> <B>09-09-08</B></div> <div> <B>WMD report: US remains 'dangerously vulnerable'</B></div> <div> By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and EILEEN SULLIVAN    <B>WASHINGTON (AP) -</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The United States remains ``dangerously vulnerable'' to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks seven years after 9/11, a forthcoming independent study concludes.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And a House Democrats' report says the Bush administration has missed one opportunity after another to improve the nation's security. </B></div> <bR> <div> The recent political rupture between Russia and the U.S. only makes matters worse, said Lee Hamilton, the former Indiana Democratic congressman who helped lead the 9/11 Commission and now chairs the independent group's latest study.</div> <bR> <div> Efforts to reduce access to nuclear technology and bomb-making materials have slowed, thousands of U.S. chemical plants remain unprotected, and the U.S. government continues to oppose strengthening an international treaty to prevent bioterrorism, according to the report produced by the bipartisan Partnership for a Secure America.</div> <bR> <div> The group includes leaders of the disbanded 9/11 Commission, the bipartisan panel that investigated government missteps before the 2001 terror attacks on the United States.</div> <bR> <div> ``The threat of a new, major terrorist attack on the United States is still very real,'' concludes the report to be released Wednesday, the same day a congressional commission will hold a hearing in New York on nuclear and biological terrorism threats.</div> <bR> <div> ``A nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in the hands of terrorists remains the single greatest threat to our nation. While progress has been made in securing these weapons and materials, we are still dangerously vulnerable,'' the report said.</div> <bR> <div> Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, had harsher criticism of the Bush administration's efforts. Their report, written by the staffs of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees, found little or no progress across the board on national security initiatives.</div> <bR> <div> ``The Bush administration has not delivered on a myriad of critical homeland and national security mandates,'' the Democrats' report states. That report was being released Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> ``The administration has just failed to act in so many ways,'' said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. ``Let's say that we've been fortunate that we have not been attacked'' since 2001, said Thompson, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. </div> <div> The independent report focuses narrowly on weapons of mass destruction.</div> <bR> <div> The report and supporting studies describe the failure of international cooperation to prevent terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, which they call a major problem.</div> <bR> <div> Many countries continue to ignore a United Nations mandate to prevent the spread of weapons; the ability of many countries to monitor potential bioterrorism is ``essentially nonexistent,'' and dangerous chemical weapons stockpiles remain in some countries, including Russia and Libya, the report said.</div> <bR> <div> Russia has been a significant player in U.S. efforts to secure nuclear weapons and to eliminate inventories of chemical weapons in the former Soviet region. That cooperation could be jeopardized as the two countries face off over the Russian invasion of Georgia and concerns about a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, Hamilton said.</div> <bR> <div> Monday Bush canceled a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Russia. </div> <div> ``The things we do to penalize Russia will make it more difficult for us to deal with Russia on other matters,'' Hamilton said. </div> <div> State Department spokesman Robert Wood said he hasn't seen the report. But he said there have been a number of successes in recent years, including negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program and Libya's agreement to end its nuclear and chemical weapons program.</div> <bR> <div> ``We have been engaged multilaterally with a number of countries to deal with this issue of weapons of mass destruction,'' Wood said. </div> <div> Wood said he also has not seen the Democrats' report. ``I fundamentally reject the charge that the administration has made the world less safe from terrorism,'' he said.</div> <bR> <div> House Democrats also blasted Bush policy in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia as damaging to national security. U.S. efforts to combat terrorists in Pakistan have suffered because of ``unyielding support for a military dictator''; Iraq has drained resources from the fight in Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia continues to serve ``as a major source of terrorist activity,'' the Democrats' report states.</div> <bR> <div> The independent study, however, did credit the Bush administration with progress in a number of areas. It cited improved U.S. port security, reduction of military chemical stockpiles, increased U.S. funding for securing nuclear weapons sites in Russia and new international programs aimed at preventing crimes involving biological weapons. </div> <bR> <div> <B>On the Net: </B></div> <div> Partnership for a Secure America: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.psaonline.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.psaonline.org/">www.psaonline.org/</A></FONT> </div> <div> House Committee on Homeland Security: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.homeland.house.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.homeland.house.gov/">homeland.house.gov/</A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.homeland.house.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.homeland.house.gov/"> </A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >House Committee on Foreign Affairs: </FONT>f<A HREF="http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/">oreignaffairs.house.gov/</A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/"> </A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> 09/09/08 04:10 © Copyright The Associated Press. 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