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RETIRES TO VIETNAM... MEDITATES OVER THE LOSS... MEANWHILE, JOHN EDWARDS PREPARES FOR '08

Copyright 1999 Toronto Star Newspapers, Ltd. The Toronto Star November 4, 1999, Thursday, Edition 1 SECTION: NEWS LENGTH: 648 words HEADLINE: CONTRITE U.S. POLITICIANS SLAM NON-PAYMENT OF U.N. DUES BYLINE: Kathleen Kenna BODY: WASHINGTON - In a rare display of public humility, top American leaders yesterday expressed public shame for their nation's failure to pay its United Nations debt. Veteran senators from both Republican and Democratic parties warned the United States will suffer incalculable harm if it doesn't soon pay an estimated $1 billion (U.S.) in unpaid U.N. dues. (U.N. officials say the true debt is $1.5 billion, but Americans...

Democrats usually turn livid over the slightest hint that their patriotism is being challenged. But the actions of California's Democrat-controlled State Assembly this week have certainly given critics a lot of ammunition. Republican Assemblyman Jay LaSuer of San Diego had arranged for Vietnam war hero Admiral Jeremiah Denton to come to California to be a part of a 4th of July ceremony held on the Assembly floor. Story Continues Below Admiral Denton is the legendary Navy pilot who, when shot down, taken prisoner and tortured by his North Vietnamese captors, blinked his eyes in Morse code during a Communist propaganda...