More than 3000 military personnel t...
More than 3000 military personnel their family members and civilian personnel gathered Tuesday morning in a chilly hangar at Scott Air Force Base to hear Vice President Dick Cheney support the war in Iraq. He inserted the building to raucous cheers and applause and walked forward a stage covered with camouflage netting where he was welcomed through Col. Raymond J. Rottman, commander of the 375th Airlift Wing. Several ranks of men and women in uniform sat behind him at the podium, and others sat onward a flag-draped platform. Cheney recalled his first visit to Scott in the early 1990 when he serv as secretary of defense "This Air Force base in the heart of America is at the center of many critical assignments," Cheney said. "I've just had a locate of briefings on the work you've been doing, and I'm self-same happy with what I saw. Were it Read the filled article with a Free Trial at KeepMedia.
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