President Bush, in Salt Lake City Monday, said that the nation owed it to the US forces who have died in Iraq (1,864) and Afghanistan (223) to “finish the task that they gave their lives for.” Bush’s remark re-affirms, in case anyone doubted it, that the President is paying no attention to end-the-war protestors.
Air Force fighters, tankers, and intelligence aircraft are helping to provide “defensive overwatch” for the U.S. military’s effort to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, senior officials said.