Suuuuure it was
an exercise today is not right.
Suuuuure it was
Since that comment drips w/sarc, would you be so kind as to tell us what it really was?
The coastguard, on high alert for the anniversary of September 11 attacks, fired 10 rounds on a suspicious boat.President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had been attending a ceremony at the Pentagon, south of the city on the Virginia side of the river.
Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation had no immediate comment.
CNN said the Coast Guard fired about 10 rounds at the boat, which they described as a recreational vessel, after it entered a temporarily restricted zone in the Potomac, which separates Washington, DC, from suburban Virginia where the Pentagon is located.
Traffic was moving freely across bridges and did not appear affected by the incident.