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MADem

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18. The reason I think otherwise is because I've seen this sort of thing before.

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:10 AM

Jan 2013

And it's a rare situation when both the Fleet Admiral and the US Ambassador have to get in there to do damage control as a consequence of a vessel running aground.

We'll see what the PIO says--I think it's All Ashore That's Going Ashore for that fellah.

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