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A Bush Without Boldness
In his State of the Union speech, Bush called for cutting our Middle Eastern oil imports; then came a retreat
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On the day before President Bush's eminently disposable State of the
Union speech, I heard a story that I'll never forget. It was told by
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who was addressing a small audience in
Washington. A military helicopter pilot from Iowa, serving in Iraq,
was killed when he noticed a ground-to-air missile headed his way
and, in a split-second reaction, swerved his chopper so that he and
his co-pilot would take the hit and his 18 passengers would be
spared. Vilsack placed a condolence call to the widow, who stopped him...
