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Show HERALD DAILY AC Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Motorcycle officer dies in Bush , Graham backs surge ' W. Casey Jr. was the military commander. ' THE WASHINGTON But the boost in U.S. forces has produced more progress WASHINGTON -- After than Graham had anticipated, serving two weeks of reserve dysfunctional, but he said Monday. .. ditty in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey it's not a failed state. The surge has produced O. Graham, Monday better security. And if you ' called for continuation of the They're still trying." mandated withdrawal now, it surge of U.S. troops in Iraq would undercut the and warned that any decision Sen. Undsey 0. Graham we've made and i to mandate a withdrawal this people who are on the ropes. year would undercut critical Be patient. Continue to supply months. recent in made gains '. Graham's comments come strongly economic, political and military support, and I at .a time when some of his colI believe the pressure that believe ... well.have a break-- : leagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee, including wiD lead to reconciliation will through in Baghdad, he said. not be from what an AmeriThe major change from his Sea John W. Warner, can politician thinks but what, earlier visits was produced and Sea Carl M. Levin, are calling for troop the Iraqi people think. And I'm by a confluence or factors, confident that the Iraqi people particularly as the deployment withdrawals. at more U.S. troops coincided Graham, a colonel in the Air have turned a cqrner. Force Reserve and a longtime Graham, who wore fatigues with Iraqi reaction to and was armed with a Beretta in Iraq excesses in trying to supporter of military deploycontrol the Sunni areas, Grament in Iraq, is the only mempistol throughout his stay, also served a brief reserve .. ham said. ber of the Senate to actually We cant take credit for serve in Iraq duty in Iraq in ApriL During "With all due respect to Sea previous trips to Iraq both that. They tried to impose on reserve duty and on offia lifestyle that is counter to Warner, the model he is sug- to put pressure (on cial congressional vis&s he what Iraqis wish for them-selve-s, gesting he said. The Sunni inthe Iraqi government) by man- said he had concluded that is the in Iraq was withdrawal United States group making surgent troop dating even tried to ban smoking, "many mistakes in its war exactly the opposite of what we should do,' Graham said in strategy and wty on the verge he noted. So it was a magic an interview after returning . of losing control of Iraq, par-- meeting of the moment. with atQaida overplaying its from Iraq this past weekend. ticularly when Gen. George Robin Wright POST : "In many ways, this government is hand and (the United States) increasing its capacity. The rejection of in Iraq is evident in the decision by some 12,000 Iraqis to join the local pdice force in Art-bprovince since January , compared with only 1,000 in .. all of 2006, Graham said. He cited the willingness of .Iraqis to participate in local security in the volatile Sunni province as one indication that the new security may be sustainable. But the Republican legislator, who has served in the Air Force Reserve for 25 years, V. said the growing rejection of Islamic extremism should not be confused with minority Sunnis embracing democracy or national political reconcili- ation. . Like Warner, he was also critical of the government of Prime Minister Nouri . . - .C . R-V-a., Continued from'Al ; Doering and his family moved into the home nine years ago' with their eyes on , the tree. "We were very proud. We thought we had this heirloom, this piece of Orem history, he said. Its like a death in the . family. It also resulted in a hole in his front yard you could drive, a car into. I told Orem city Tfyou. have a big tree you're thinking about cutting down, I have a big hole here. Orem crews working to clean up the mess on Monday said every year they clear a ; tree or two that comes down in a storm, but nothing has stacked up to Doerings monster. In fact, the storm didn't seem nasty enough to drag down a healthy tree 5 feet in . '. . ; . . v In many ways, this government is dysfunctional, but it's not a failed state. Theyre still trying, he said. If you went in only to talk to Maliki, you'd come away depressed. But if you get out and about, then youd have a different per- - v spective. department is investigating the crash. Rio Rancho police department spokesman Officer John Ffancis said Caseys motors cycle hit a curb and then a tree, but investigators were reconstructing the accident to determine exactly what happened. Photographers and reporters in the presidential motorcade said the officers motorcycle appeared to be nearly destroyed, and the officer was on the ground, being helped by an emergency medical technician. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said the president saw the wreck after it had occurred, and a member of the White House medical staff went to assist. ... Bush called Caseys wife, Lisa, from his limousine on .. the way tothe airport in Seattle to offer condolences, ' Stanzel said. ! . - . . . . Any time there is a presi-- . dentiaf motorcade, the of- - ' ficers, thats part of their job, they drive at a high rate of speed, said Hoffman, whose . Bush aides retain home bruised, battered Wayne Slater - . d . - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- -A police officer in President '. Bushs motorcade crashed his motorcycle and died Monday, less than a year after a crash in Hawaii killed another mo-- . torcycle officer accompany- ing the president. Rio Rancho Officer Germaine Case, 40, crashed at the Albuquerque airport at a point where a road enters an underground parking garage, said Trish Hoffman, a spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Police Department. He was pronounced dead at an Albuquerque hospitaL ' Bush had been headed to the airport after attending is fundraiser for Sea Pete . : diameter and likety more than 100 years old. But cottonwood trees are notorious for sutt prise falls. Cottonwood trees,by ... ' . their nature, are weak-note..trees, said Steve Webber, Orem Maintenance Division manager. They also tend to grow in moist sod, making them even more susceptible to being uprooted . Webber recalled two other incidents in his experience,. ' including one that killed woman in Provo and another at a state park when a cat- - ... tonwood came down bn an empty tent on a calm day. The only fatality on Sunday, though, was the tree, and crews were scratching their heads over what to do with all the wood, which is of the porous variety.They suggested abonfire. Doering has his own suggestion: You know a church that neech apulpit or something? . ' likL - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . . Tree motorcade crash ar . ; ' ; DAUASMQRNWQNEWS Seven AUSTIN, Texas years ago, a group at Texans . with strong reputations went to Washington to take their place in George W. Bushs new administration. Several came home bearing the scars of the experience. Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Joe and Scott McClellan were among the shining stars of the Bush White House. In varying degrees, they have become All the Presidents Casualties. Theyre leaving bruised, battered and to one. degree or another, publicly embarrassed, said longtime Austin political observer Bill Miller. All new)y elected presidents take their closest advisers to Washington, and for all, . . AU-bau- . ' the long hours and political toxicity take their tolL Its not unusual to see an exodus as a presidents second term winds announced he was calling jt University of Texas political quits. Once dubbed by Bush analyst Bruce Buchanan. And that win linger for a while. the architect of his political .. In much the same way, .: fortunes. Roves reputation as an electoral genius was tar-- ; Allbaugh went to Washington nished by GOT losses in 2006 and headed the Federal Emer-- j that put Democrats in control . gency Management Agency of Congress. after serving as Bush's chief Miers carried a spotless , of staff as governor, He left FIMA before the govern- - .. public persona to Washing-- . ton, having served as head of ment's bungled response to the Texas Bar Association, Hurricane Katrina, but some. commissioner of the Texas :. have held him partly responlottery and managing partner sible for the agency's failings. As for McClellan, his emof a prestigious Dallas law " battled tenure as White House ,. firm.... She Was White House counpress secretary ended after sel when, in 2005, Bush nomihis credibility was damaged when he Incorrectly told the nated her to the U.S. Supreme media that Rove was not bK : Court. But the appointment was withdrawn in the face of ' volved in disclosing the Idenstiff opposition from crkiCs in tity of A operative Valerie , Flame. both parties who questioned her competence and creden.. Republican political con- - , tials. She subsequently re-- , sultant David Carney, who served in the White House of signed and this year returned to Dallas and rejoined her law. President Bush'l father, said every president has a coterie practice. Gonzales was portrayed as of loyalists around him dam- the embodiment of the Ameriaged by the rough politics of can dream in his rise from Washington. Ronald Reagan had people son of migrant workers to the who got ripped apart. And nations top lawyer, a career look at SherEisenhower sponsored by Bush. But his lackluster performance before man Adams, who resigned in 1958 after accepting an expencongressional committees in sive overcoat from a textile trying to defend the adminismanufacturer doing business tration's handling erf terrorist detainees and the firing of U.S. with the government. eroded '. Look at the Clinton people, attorneys effectively " his reputation. Carney said. They came up. from Arkansas, and they just Harriet Miers and A1 Gonzales have been pinatas, said ' got eaten alive." . to a close. But those who left Austin as fresh faces On the national scene, promising a bipartisan renaissance under Bush, have governed in tough years of . war and partisan divide. ; The president prizes loyalty and longevity, so a dedicated core of aides has stayed well into the administrations beleaguered final years.1 ' Some critics sty Bush, by valuing loyalty over competence, may have invited many of the problems now plaguing his administration. .; And as the president's woes mount, his aides have been scorched by the hothouse politics of Washington. This month, longtime Bush political adviser Karl Rove . . . . - " ... . . . . . q . -- - Lowest fee in the nation Interest paid on deposits ' i : LABOR DAY WEEKEND fSIDEWflUKfSffliEI Mon, Sept W- - 10am-6p- Ri, Aug. 31st & Sat, Sapt 1st IDam -Spm . . EsS7 UVB 12s& ft Spscteccbr tafejs! 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