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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By David D. Kirkpatrick / The Bulletin
August 17, 2008
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain arrived late at his Senate office on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just after the first plane hit the World Trade Center.
“This is war,” he murmured to his aides. The sound of scrambling fighter planes rattled the windows, sending a....