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Issue #33    /    The Monthly Journal of the American Hacker    /    December 2006

"The president approached Herbert Shugart, the father of Randall Shugart, and held his hand out.  To his astonishment, the handshake was declined.  'The blame for my son's death rests with the White House and you.  You are not fit for command.'  Clinton reeled under the onslaught, which continued for several moments.  As Commander in Chief, President Clinton could have simply accepted responsibility for the loss and sympathized with a grieving father.  Instead, he took fifteen minutes out of his schedule to explain to Herbert Shugart why the death of his son was not his fault.  It was a craven performance that horrified the Pentagon officials who were present.  Immediately after that meeting, White House officials tried to keep the incident quiet and it was successfully suppressed until the story appeared in the London Sunday Times."

--- Excerpt from The Next World War by James Adams, discussing the death of an U.S. soldier in Somalia in 1993.

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