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Senators in Emergency Landing
AP ^
| February 21, 2008
Posted on 02/21/2008 2:12:04 PM PST by afortiori
WASHINGTON (AP) - Helicopters carrying three senior U.S. senators made emergency landings Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm. Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft. No one was injured, according a statement from Kerry's office. The senators and their delegation returned to Bagram Air Base in a motor convoy, and have left for Turkey.
"After several hours, the senators were evacuated by American troops and returned overland to Bagram Air Base, and left for their next scheduled stop in Ankara, Turkey," the Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan."
The lawmakers were on a trip this week that included stops in India, Turkey and Pakistan, where they observed the elections earlier this week.
Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively, and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; afghanistan; biden; chuckhagel; hagel; helicopter; johnkerry; josephbiden; kerry; senate
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Dare I say the experience will be "seared, seared" in their memories.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:12:05 PM PST
by
afortiori
To: afortiori
You were so close to being the first to post this, you only missed it by 4 threads.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:14:14 PM PST
by
New Perspective
(Proud father of a 4 year old son with Down Syndrome)
To: afortiori
Kerry has just filed for another Purple Heart.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:14:27 PM PST
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Evil has a name and it is Hillary!)
To: afortiori
Amazing that no one asks, “Why the hell are Senators flying around the world on our dime?”
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:15:10 PM PST
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: afortiori
Wow, this is about the 5th or 6th time today that Kerry, Biden, and Hagel had ane emergency landing. The skies over Afghanistan must be REALLY rough. Tough to be them today...
;)
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:17:02 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: afortiori
If they would have went down were they all eligible for a purple heart? Being in combat and all!
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:17:16 PM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(Id rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
To: afortiori
They all will get a “Purple Heart!”
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:18:06 PM PST
by
gunnedah
To: afortiori
“Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan.”
_________________________________
Sen. Flip-Flop. What he really meant to say was American troops could either work hard in school or “get stuck in Iraq.”
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:18:19 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(John McCain. 2008’s version of Bob Dole.)
To: afortiori
Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan." Gag me.
To: afortiori
After several hours, the senators were evacuated by American troops and returned overland to Bagram Air Base, and left for their next scheduled stop in Ankara, Turkey," the Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in AfghanistanThese a-holes should stay home, they caused these troops a lot of trouble for nothing.
Besides Kerry thinks the troops serving in this war is a bunch of dumbies that should have stayed in school.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:20:09 PM PST
by
BARLF
To: afortiori
Thank goodness none of the military people or the helicopter were hurt.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:20:31 PM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
To: afortiori
We were this close to having our first payoff from global warming.
To: afortiori; Brandie
As I look up...
I see the first three turkeys have exited the helicopter.
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:21:13 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: afortiori
"Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan." His exact words were: "Not since the days of Jenghis Khan has a foreign army done such an incredible job on Afghanistan."
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:22:04 PM PST
by
Argus
To: ronnie raygun
The chopper crew set up a folding table. Set out the tea service and served scones to the elite Senators. Then ran like heck to avoid the incoming!
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:22:51 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: afortiori
So...Kerry, Biden & Hagel are rescued by an Afghani tribesman, who puts them on his burro and starts for the nearest U.S. base. Several times, they are met by troops in pickup trucks, but instead of stopping to offer help, they shout something in the local language and drive on. Each time this happens, the tribesman stops the burro, goes around to the back and lifts its tail. Finally, they ask what he’s doing. “I’m trying to understand it myself,” he says. “Whenever your troops pass, they shout: ‘Look at the three assholes on that burro...’”
(credit to an age-old but still satifying Aggie joke :)
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:22:59 PM PST
by
WestTexasWend
(NO OIL FOR APPEASERS)
To: afortiori
Just like that time with the CIA in Cambodia on Christmas!
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:24:08 PM PST
by
FR Class of 1998
(the long term solution to corruption is to starve the government of money)
To: afortiori
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:27:34 PM PST
by
oblomov
To: Bender2
To: The Iceman Cometh
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posted on
02/21/2008 2:52:15 PM PST
by
Mr. Brightside
( Ronald Reagan Would Back McCain - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
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