USS New York Commissioning To Include Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON — A White House official says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will represent the administration at Saturday's commissioning of a Navy assault ship built with steel from the felled World Trade Center towers.

Clinton, who represented New York state before becoming President Barack Obama's top diplomat, will join the ceremony in New York City. The White House official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the schedule before it was announced to the public.

The USS New York arrived in its namesake city on Monday. The bow of the $1 billion ship, built in Louisiana, contains about 7.5 tons of steel from the towers destroyed by hijacked jetliners in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Comments

[SimpleMax]

Well, now there's nanothermite in that ship. Somebody better call the cops. 3000 people were murdered and the evidence (and body parts) are in a warship.

All war is failure. And 9/11 was A FAILURE. War was failure before 9/11 was a failure. Sure. Let's keep celebrating failure until America eats itself alive.

[NeoconGal]

I hope the military have the sense not to post any snipers in the vicinity.

[party-of-one]

Given her well known support for use of military force, while a Senator from NY, it seems very fitting , that Hillary Clinton represent the administration at the commission of the USS New York.

It seems very much a Bush era legacy that metal from the Twin Towers was used in an attack vessel, rather than some symbol rpresenting a desire for peace.

[placpje]

"Well known support for use of military force"?

If that was the criteria, maybe Obama should go. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Barack_Obama:_U.S._presidential_election%2C_2008/al_Qaeda%2C_the_Taliban_and_Pakistan

[party-of-one]

The blog and the comment were about SoS Hillary Clinton. Why are you so anxious to attack President Obama?