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Happy faux Easter all!

Protected by sharpshooters, Hillary Rodham Clinton swooped into a military zone by Black Hawk helicopter Monday to deliver a personal "thank you, thank you, thank you" to U.S. troops.
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But this was a day of celebration and celebrities - a day for the U.S. troops helping to uphold the Bosnian peace accord. Mrs. Clinton hosted a USO show with comedian Sinbad and singer Sheryl Crow and briefly addressed the gathering.
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But the highlight of her trip were visits to two fortified posts outside the U.S. base in Tuzla. Even President Clinton, restricted to the base by bad weather in January, did not see as much of this war-wracked region as Mrs. Clinton did Monday.
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Riflemen rushed to the brush line as the helicopter landed and surrounded her as she walked into the post. Located in a "separation zone," the U.S. outpost nestles between two tree lines. Just months ago, one was Serbian territory, the other Bosnian.

Security was tight - fighter jets accompanied her C-17 cargo plane to Tuzla - but officials said the first lady took no extraordinary risks on the trip.
Lexis - By RON FOURNIER, Associated Press, March 25, 1996

Another report:

THE First Lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton, visited her country's troops at their fortified outposts in north-eastern Bosnia today and said their peacekeeping work was "extraordinary to behold".

Mrs Clinton's helicopter flight to Camp Alicia, home of a mechanised infantry outfit and a combat engineer batallion 15 miles east of Tuzla, took her over burned out villages and farm houses whose roofs had been blown off in the fierce fighting before last December's Paris peace agreement ended the 43 -month-old war in Bosnia.

A machine gun emplacement guarded the entrance of the outposts and marked Bosnian minefields were visible outside its perimeter.
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 After lunch with the troops in a makeshift dining hall surrounded by sandbags, she flew on to Camp Bedrock south of Tuzla to visit an army field hospital.

Mrs Clinton, who later returned to Tuzla for a show starring singer Sheryl Crow and comedian Sinbad, said she was "amazed at how much has been accomplished in such a short period of time" by US troops in Bosnia.
Source - Lexis - The Herald (Glasgow), March 26, 1996

And she did spend some time in the cockpit ;-)

So it was probably no accident that the C-17 pilot was a woman, Capt. Cheryl Beineke of Ohio. She is among just four female C-17 pilots out of about 100 in the Air Force.

"I'm loving every minute of this," the pilot said after Mrs. Clinton spent several minutes in the cockpit.
Source - Lexis - By RON FOURNIER, AP International, March 25, 1996

He has done little to fit himself for the presidency, not even holding meetings of his own committee. Charisma won't get the job done with out the political and policy chops to back it up. He doesn't have that. He seems unable to think on his feet, the "uh" factor, he has no firm policies for any of the problems we are facing right now. All he seems to have is hopes and dreams. Well, they won't deal with the deficit, the war, the poverty problem, the environment, etc. And one thing I must say, he is the only candidate who has studiously avoided discussing policy. Makes me wonder if he has any.

Suggesting that it's hilarious though undermines the fact that this preacher is indeed serious.

The Sunday services made clear that the criticism surrounding Wright has not softened the church's sermons, as the pastors defiantly defended their method of worship.

"If I was Ice Cube I'd say it a little differently -- You picked the wrong folk to mess with," Moss said to an enthusiastic congregation, standing up during much of the sermon, titled "How to Handle a Public Lynching."

I'm looking forward to being Ambassador to Japan in the Obama administration. I think in comparison to being a 7 year old in Indonesia qualifying as "foreign policy experience" that I meet the qualifications. I might even be over-qualified.