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    Obama To Meet Victims, Relatives Of 9/11 Attacks

    Obama to Meet Victims, Relatives of 9/11 Attacks

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...020502847.html

    Michael D. Shear, Peter Finn and Dan Eggen
    The Washington Post
    Thursday, February 5, 2009; 6:23 PM

    President Obama will gather tomorrow with victims and families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and U.S.S. Cole bombing for a face-to-face meeting as his administration struggles to decide how to handle detainees at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, several of those invited said.

    The previously undisclosed meeting at the White House tomorrow afternoon will give the new president a chance to explain his decision to close the controversial prison facility where the U.S. has placed many suspected terrorists since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

    Obama has been assailed by conservative critics who say the decision to close the facility within a year will lead to putting many of those terrorists back on the street. In a recent interview, former vice president Dick Cheney, an architect of the Bush administration's war on terror, criticized the decision as reckless.

    In an interview with Politico.com, Cheney accused the Obama administration of following "campaign rhetoric" on Guantanamo and warned that the new president's policies could put the country at greater risk of a new attack.

    "When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an al-Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry," Cheney said.

    Obama has defended his decision, saying that closing the facility will make the country safer by putting an end to one of the most controversial symbols of the U.S.-led war against terrorism. He said that symbol has helped terrorists recruit new volunteers.

    One 9/11 activist, who declined to be identified talking about the meeting, said "fireworks" are likely at the gathering because it will include both relatives who oppose and those who support Obama's plan to close Guantanamo Bay. "There's been some noise that some families don't like the idea and others do, so this is a chance to discuss that," the activist said.

    Jim Riches, a retired New York firefighter whose son, Jimmy Riches, died in the 9-11 attacks, said in an interview Thursday that he wants to hear directly from President Obama what the government intends to do with the prisoners.

    "I want to know, are they going to drop the charges? Are they going to try them in another court?" he said. "I want to let them know that these men are dangerous."

    Riches praised Obama for agreeing to a meeting so soon after taking office.

    "The issue tomorrow is what are they going to do with those detainees. We want justice for the ones that said they did it," he said. "Some people may say it's a political move. But I want my voice to be heard. It's a sign of an open door policy, and that's good."

    Obama aides did not respond to questions about the meeting. The administration may want to impress on families that they are not dropping charges against alleged terrorists, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks who is facing capital charges in Guantanamo, and that he and others will be brought to justice.

    Obama had instructed military prosecutors to seek a 120-day continuance in the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay while the administration studied how to handle the approximately 245 detainees at the facility when the prison in Cuba is closed. In an executive order, Obama said the prison should be closed within a year.

    But the request for a stay was rejected by the chief military judge in Guantanamo, who decided to proceed with the arraignment Monday of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who is accused of organizing the 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole.

    The refusal by Judge James Pohl, an Army Colonel, has left the administration with little choice but to withdraw the charges "without prejudice" against Nashiri, a procedural move that allows the government to halt proceedings without reference to the judge.

    The administration has yet to act in the case, and Friday's meeting may, in part, be to explain that the charges can be reinstated at a later date in some reformed military commissions system. The tactic was also used by the Bush administration when it wanted to stop various proceedings in Guantanamo. The Pentagon has dismissed without prejudice charges in six cases, and reinstated them later in three of those cases.

    If Nashiri, a Saudi facing capital charges, pleads guilty Monday, he could box in the administration as the legal principle of double-jeopardy would apply and it would be very difficult to move his case to another court, according to defense attorneys.

    Withdrawing the charges against Nashiri could also trigger a withdrawal against all 20 other detainees currently facing trial in Guantanamo. Defense lawyers said they would insist that all detainees be treated equally during the review process.

    The president may also want to explain some possible alternative to military commissions, including moving proceedings to federal court or military courts martial.

    The relatives of 9/11 victims have divided along somewhat partisan lines in the seven years since the attacks, with some strongly supporting Bush's policies and others growing increasingly dismayed by the direction of U.S. counterterrorism efforts. As a result, Obama's plan to close Guantanamo Bay prompted differing reactions among various groups.

    September 11th Advocates, for example, issued a statement last month praising Obama's announcement and calling Guantanamo "an enormous stain on America's reputation."

    "The temporary halting of proceedings at Gitmo gives us the 'audacity to hope' that President Obama will be able to restore America's good name, which has been repeatedly tarnished during the past eight years," said the statement from the group, which is led by four New Jersey widows of 9/11 victims. "We appreciate the tough decisions that President Obama has been forced to make and admire him for taking these difficult tasks on."


    A group called 9/11 Parents and Families of Firefighters, by contrast, questioned Obama's decision to suspending the trials of several detainees while he maps out the closure of Guantanamo Bay. "We cannot understand why it has taken so long for the prosecution of the detainees in cases where substantial evidence exists of direct or

    indirect involvement in the terrorist attacks" of 9/11, the group said in a Jan. 25 statement.
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    Obama to meet with families of 9/11, Cole victims

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    By LARA JAKES – 3 hours ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was spending time with families of 9/11 victims and the 17 sailors killed in the bombing of the USS Cole after a senior Pentagon judge dropped charges against an al-Qaida suspect in the Cole attack being held at Guantanamo Bay.

    The legal move Thursday by Susan J. Crawford, the top legal authority for military trials at Guantanamo, upholds Obama's Jan. 22 executive order to halt terrorist court proceedings at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. The charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri marked the last active Guantanamo war crimes case.

    Groups representing victims' families were angered by Obama's order, charging they had waited too long already to see the alleged attackers brought to court.

    Retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk S. Lippold, the commanding officer of the Cole when it was bombed in Yemen in 2000, said he would be among family members of Cole and 9/11 victims who are meeting with Obama at the White House on Friday afternoon.

    "I was certainly disappointed with the decision to delay the military commissions process," Lippold, now a defense adviser to Military Families United, said in an interview. "We have already waited eight years. Justice delayed is justice denied. We must allow the military commission process to go forward."

    Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Crawford withdrew the charges against al-Nashiri. However, new charges could be brought again later, and al-Nashiri will remain in prison for the time being.

    "It was her decision, but it reflects the fact that the president has issued an executive order which mandates that the military commissions be halted pending the outcome of several reviews of our operations down at Guantanamo," Morrell said.

    Crawford's ruling also gives the White House time to review the legal cases of all 245 terror suspects held there and decide whether they should be prosecuted in the U.S. or released to other nations.

    Seventeen U.S. sailors died on Oct. 12, 2000, when al-Qaida suicide bombers steered an explosives-laden boat into the Cole, a guided-missile destroyer, as it sat in a Yemen port.

    The Pentagon last summer charged al-Nashiri, a Saudi Arabian, with "organizing and directing" the bombing and planned to seek the death penalty in the case.

    In his Jan. 22 order, Obama promised to shut down the Guantanamo prison within a year. The order also froze all Guantanamo detainee legal cases pending a three-month review as the Obama administration decides where — or whether — to prosecute the suspects who have been held there for years, most without charges.

    Two military judges granted Obama's request for a delay in other cases.

    But a third military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, defied Obama's order by scheduling a Feb. 9 arraignment for al-Nashiri at Guantanamo. That left the decision on whether to continue to Crawford, whose delay on announcing what she would do prompted widespread concern at the Pentagon that she would refuse to follow orders and allow the court process to continue.

    Crawford was appointed to her post in 2007 by then-President George W. Bush. She was in the news last month when she said interrogation methods used on one suspect at Guantanamo amounted to torture. The Bush administration had maintained it did not torture.

    Last year, al-Nashiri said during a Guantanamo hearing that he confessed to helping plot the Cole bombing only because he was tortured by U.S. interrogators. The CIA has admitted he was among terrorist suspects subjected to waterboarding, which simulates drowning, in 2002 and 2003 while being interrogated in secret CIA prisons.
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    9/11 survivors at the White House

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more...ry/891385.html

    By Herald Staff Report
    gitmo@miamiherald.com

    Who is meeting with President Barack Obama?

    Debra Burlingame of New York. Her brother was the pilot on the hijacked American airliner that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

    John Clodfelter of Virginia. His sailor son died in the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole.

    Louge Gunn of Virginia. His sailor son died in the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole.

    Kirk Lippold of Virginia. He was Cole commander at the time, now a retired Navy commander.

    Valerie Lucznikowska of New York. Her stock broker nephew died in the World Trade Center.

    Sally Regenhard of New York. Her firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.

    John Riches of New York. His firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.

    Adele Welty of New York. His firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.
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    Obama Meets With Family Members of U.S.S. Cole, 9/11 Victims

    http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...e-911-victims/

    By Jeff Zeleny

    President Obama on Friday assured family members of Americans who were killed in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and in the Sept. 11 attacks that the terror suspects will be prosecuted and brought “to a swift and certain justice.”

    Mr. Obama met for more than an hour with about 40 relatives of terror victims during an emotional afternoon session in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House. He explained his rationale for ordering the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be closed within a year, but pledged that the terror cases would be reviewed and handled through the courts.

    The president spoke for about 10 minutes before taking about 16 questions and talking individually with the participants, many of whom brought pictures of their loved ones who were killed in the attacks. The meeting was closed, but participants described it as an intense, but civil session with little contention.

    While some of the family members have disagreed openly with the president’s decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, there was no hostility at the meeting, according to participants and White House officials who attended.

    John Clodfelter of Mechanicsville, Va., whose son, Kenneth, was killed in the Cole bombing, said he came to the meeting with apprehension over the decision to close the prison and the delay in prosecutions. But after listening to the president and being assured that the terror suspects would not be released, Mr. Clodfelter said his opinion changed.

    “I did not vote for the man, but the way he talks to you, you can’t help but believe in him,” Mr. Clodfelter said on Friday evening. “He left me with a very positive feeling that he’s going to get this done right.”

    The president and his advisers are reviewing the cases, aides said, to ensure that the 245 suspects at Guantanamo Bay are afforded their legal rights. The review will determine whether the terror suspects will be and tried in U.S. courts or dispatched to other countries for prosecution.

    Retired Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, who represents victims of the Cole and was the commanding officer of the vessel at the time of the attack in 2000, has disagreed with the decision to close the prison. But in an interview after the meeting, he said he was very pleased with the president’s explanation and commitment to bringing the suspects to justice.

    “It went far better than I had imagined,” Commander Lippold said Friday evening. “I was surprised with how well it went.”
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    Obama Sits Down with 9/11, USS Cole Families to Discuss Guantanamo, Terror Prosecutions

    http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...sits-down.html

    February 06, 2009 7:39 PM

    ABC News' Karen Travers reports:

    President Obama met for an hour this afternoon with 40 family members of victims of Sept. 11 and the USS Cole bombing to discuss his plans for closing Guantanamo Bay and prosecuting terror suspects.

    The president took questions and engaged in a back-and-forth discussion that two participants said was emotional at times.

    Cmdr. Kirk Lippold (Ret.), commander aboard the USS Cole when it was bombed Oct. 12, 2000, said after the meeting that he liked what he heard from President Obama today and was pleased with the fact that families of 9/11 victims and USS Cole victims will have a part in the discussions going forward on detainee policy.

    This week Lippold, of Alexandria, Va., had expressed his concerns to ABC News about the President’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay and not follow through with the military commissions process, but said he was willing to hear what Obama had to say.

    Tonight Lippold reiterated that he went in with an open mind and that while he agrees “in principle” with President Obama’s decision on Guantanamo, he has an issue with the timeline the president has laid out and feels that Obama has not articulated the procedures and policies.

    He said he still has concerns with how the government will deal with detainees going forward.

    Lippold said it was unfortunate that the White House decision “developed so swiftly” without any consultation with 9/11 and USS Cole families. “He should have sat down with the families ahead of time,” Lippold said. He felt that today’s meeting could have turned into an information session, one-sided on the part of the White House, but said “the fact that it did turn into a discussion was promising.”

    The meeting changed the mind of John Clodfeller, whose son was killed in the USS Cole bombing.

    Clodfeller, of Mechanicsville, Va. said he went into this meeting with a negative view of Obama’s decision and felt that he was dropping the charges and releasing a criminal. He said that he now believes that is not the case and his view changed after he heard the President explain his decision and the process going forward.

    Clodfeller admitted he did not vote for President Obama but had nothing but positive things to say post-meeting. He said he has confidence in the president and that Obama was heartfelt in his approach and wanting to solve the detainee issue. Clodfeller also offered that he thinks Obama has a good possibility of being one of the better presidents.

    Clodfeller and Lippold both said this was the first time that Cole families have met with a president and they were optimistic that they will continue an open dialogue with the White House as it considers the legal issue.
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    Obama talks with US terror victim families

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    WASHINGTON (AFP) — President Barack Obama Friday had an "emotional" meeting with families of victims of the USS Cole bombing and the September 11 attacks to explain his plans to close the Guantanamo Bay 'war on terror' camp.

    The White House said the meeting with around 40 family members lasted an hour, and the president told his guests that he wanted the meeting to be "just the beginning of a dialogue" about shuttering the site.

    It came the day after a Pentagon judge withdrew charges against a Saudi detainee at the camp accused of complicity in the deadly October 2000 attack on the Cole in Yemen.

    The move was designed to fall in line with Obama's executive order issued shortly after taking office for a 120-day delay in proceedings against terror suspects at held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba camp.

    John Clodfelter's son Kenneth died in the Cole attack and said he went into the meetings with very "negative" feelings about the closure plan, but was won over by Obama.

    "Just his demeanor, he really felt what he was saying. He was very honest, he really wants our help in trying to resolve this issue," said Clodfelter.

    "I think this president has the possibility of being one of our very best presidents because of the way he is as a human being."

    Retired navy commander Kurt Lippold, who was at the helm of the Cole during the attack which killed 17 US sailors, said Obama met the families and immediately gave them a run-down of his plans to close the camp.

    "It was very emotional," he said, adding that the president then took questions from the families.

    Obama "agreed to have an open door," Lippold said, though he expressed reservations about the fact that no procedures had yet been put in place to close the camp or dispose of its inmates.

    In a statement, the White House said that Obama "made it clear that his most important responsibility is to keep the American people safe."

    The president "explained why he believes that closing Guantanamo will make our nation safer and help ensure that those who are guilty receive swift and certain justice within a legal framework that is durable, and that helps America fight terrorism more effectively around the world."

    Obama says that Guantanamo Bay has become a powerful symbol for terrorist recruitment around the world, threatens the US image overseas, and represents an abrogation of US values.

    He has vowed to close the camp within a year and has tasked top officials with working out what to do with the inmates -- many of whom have been kept in detention for years without trial or being charged.

    Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was due to be arraigned on Monday, at Guantanamo Bay and the Pentagon prosecutor had sought the death penalty for him.

    Born in Mecca, Nashiri, 43, was accused of conspiring to help two Islamic extremists who steered an explosives-laden barge alongside the US Navy destroyer Cole, which was docked at the port of Aden, Yemen. The attackers then detonated themselves and their load.

    The Cole attack killed 17 US sailors and wounded dozens of others. The blast punched a 12-meter (40-foot) hole in the ship's side.

    Nashiri was arrested in 2002, and held in a secret CIA prison for almost four years before being transferred to the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay.
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    Modified military commissions possible, Obama tells 9-11 families

    http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/1021805.html

    By MARGARET TALEV AND CAROL ROSENBERG
    McClatchy Newspapers

    After an emotional, private meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama, survivors and victims' relatives of two al-Qaida attacks said Friday that the president quelled some of their fears about closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center, promised them an "open-door" policy and a hand in shaping anti-terror policies, and said he is considering a modified military commission system to try detainees.

    In a question-and-answer period with Obama that lasted about 35 minutes, some of the roughly 40 attendees affected by the USS Cole and Sept. 11, 2001, attacks emphasized concerns that a year might not be long enough to safely empty the Guantanamo prison as planned, said participant Kirk Lippold, a retired Navy commander in charge of the USS Cole when it was attacked on Oct. 12, 2000.

    Participants also made clear their fears about detainees being brought to the United States and into a court system that afforded them full constitutional privileges. Obama did not rule anything out but said he also had his concerns, and "he did open the door that he might do modified military commissions" instead, Lippold said.

    "I think people were more reserved, and they were willing to listen and extend to him the olive branch of 'let's wait and see what you're going to do,'" Lippold said.

    The president was greeted with applause when he entered the meeting in Room 350 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building just west of the White House, said New Yorker Valerie Lucznikowska, whose stockbroker nephew died in the World Trade Center on 9-11.

    She said the president made his way around the room shaking hands with some and hugging others, and left the attendees feeling impressed, if not universally sold on his plans.

    "He made the point that he is closing Guantanamo because it is a symbol to the world of something that got tangled up in Abu Ghraib," she said. "We need our foreign allies to help us catch the terrorists."

    Obama told the participants that his general counsel, Gregory Craig, would be their point of contact, and that the door was always open. He also assured them that Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, an alleged organizer of the Cole bombing, would remain in custody and eventually be tried.

    Obama had invited the group to address the concerns of vocal critics among them and to explain the administration's overall thinking, as well as the withdrawal of military commission charges late Thursday against al-Nashiri, who was facing the death penalty.

    To some extent, Obama and his aides also seemed to be seeking to reframe the reasoning for closing Guantanamo.

    On the campaign trail, Obama, a constitutional lawyer, spoke often about how indefinite detentions went against basic principles of American democracy and human rights, and he said the end did not justify the means.

    On Friday, however, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, "I think the main concern that the president has is the military commissions' failure to bring those in detention to swift justice."

    Lippold said that Obama told the attendees that "his goal is to provide swift and certain justice for terrorists; he views Guantanamo Bay as an impediment to justice."
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    Obama meets families of USS Cole, Sept. 11 victims

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has met with relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

    One woman who attended the meeting says Obama assured them he wants the same thing they do — justice for their loved ones.

    Sally Regenhard says Obama promised to make sure that justice is done and that the families will have an open line of communication with the White House.

    Regenhard lost her son, a New York City firefighter, at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

    Obama is concerned that terror suspects have been held for years at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without trial. He wants to close the facility and has signed an executive order to do so within a year.
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    Obama meets families of USS Cole, Sept. 11 victims

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    By DARLENE SUPERVILLE – 1 hour ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama held an emotional meeting Friday with relatives of victims of the bombing of the USS Cole and the Sept. 11 attacks who are still waiting for justice to be served years after the deadly acts of terrorism.

    Obama promised the roughly 40 family members who attended that the meeting would be the first of many.

    Some of the victims' relatives said they welcomed Obama's gesture. Still, they aren't entirely convinced that his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, where terrorism suspects are being detained, and halt legal action on their cases is the right thing to do.

    Obama has expressed concerns about the fact that detainees have been held for years without trial. He has signed an executive order to close the facility within a year while the administration reviews other options for seeing that the detainees get their day in court.

    Retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk S. Lippold, commanding officer of the Cole at the time of the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing, said he was disappointed when he first learned of the decision and remained skeptical. He also faulted Obama for not consulting the families ahead of time.

    "In principle, his reason for closing it may be good," Lippold, a defense adviser to Military Families United, told reporters after the hourlong meeting.

    Lippold said Obama's stance is "well-intentioned, but the problem I have remains that we still don't have any procedures" for what will become of the terror suspects after the detention center is closed.

    Lippold was commander of the USS Cole when al-Qaida suicide bombers struck as it sat in a port in Yemen, killing 17 U.S. sailors.

    The White House said Obama made clear at the meeting, held next door at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, that his most important responsibility is keeping the American people safe.

    He also explained why he thinks closing the Guantanamo facility will make the country safer and "help ensure that those who are guilty receive swift and certain justice within a legal framework that is durable, and that helps America fight terrorism more effectively around the world."

    The meeting took place a day after a senior Pentagon judge dropped charges against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, an al-Qaida suspect held at Guantanamo and accused of masterminding the USS Cole bombing. New charges against al-Nashiri could be brought later, and he will remain in custody for the time being.

    A legal move late Thursday by Susan J. Crawford, the top legal authority for military trials at Guantanamo, marked the last active war crimes case there.

    The Obama administration is reviewing the system to make sure the 245 suspects remaining there are given international and U.S. legal rights. That review largely will determine whether the terror suspects should be tried in U.S. courts or released to other countries.

    The White House said the meeting was the first the USS Cole victims have had with a president.

    Lippold said the meeting was very emotional, and that the discussion largely focused on how to deal with the detainees, the impact of the decision on trials and what it would mean to the U.S. image abroad.

    He said he expected the families would be asked for input after the 120-day review period.

    "I'm looking forward to working with them as we have never had an opportunity as families to help shape policy when it comes to keeping our nation safe," Lippold said.

    John Clodfelter, an Air Force veteran who lost his son, Kenneth, on the USS Cole, said he went into the meeting with a negative attitude.

    "I didn't vote for the man," he said, still emotional hours after the meeting. "But ... the way he conducts himself, the way he talks, you can't help but believe him."

    Clodfelter also expressed frustration with the lack of a trial for al-Nashiri eight years after the attack.

    "We should have already had this man tried and executed if that's what the case is," he said. "I can't imagine an American that's in one of our prisons for eight years without anything being done for him."

    Sally Regenhard, who lost her son, Christian, during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on New York's World Trade Center, said the families had a good experience with Obama.

    "He said that he's going to make sure that justice is done regarding the terrorists," she said in a telephone interview. "And we'll have an open line of communication with the White House regarding the family members. That's revolutionary."

    "He assured us that he wants the same things that we want," Regenhard added.
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    9/11 survivors at the White House

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more...ry/892040.html

    By Herald Staff Report
    gitmo@miamiherald.com

    Who was at the meeting with President Barack Obama?

    Kristen Breitweiser of New Jersey. Her husband died in the World Trade Center.

    Debra Burlingame of New York. Her brother was the pilot on the hijacked American airliner that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

    Patty Casazza of New Jersey. Her husband died in the World Trade Center.

    John and Gloria Clodfelter of Virginia. Their sailor son died in the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole.

    Lou Gunn of Virginia. His sailor son died in the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole.

    Mindy Kleinberg of New Jersey. Her husband died in the World Tade Center.

    Kirk Lippold of Virginia. He was Cole commander at the time, now a retired Navy commander.

    Valerie Lucznikowska of New York. Her stock broker nephew died in the World Trade Center.

    Hamilton Peterson of Maryland. He lost his father and stepmother in the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.

    Sally Regenhard of New York. Her firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.

    John Riches of New York. His firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.

    Lorie Van Auken of New Jersey. Her husband died in the World Trade Center.

    Adele Welty of New York. His firefighter son died at the World Trade Center.
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