Seriously - how much thought went into the initial planning here?
Is it me or do the planners of this fiasco show more optimism than a tuba player with a pager?
Memorial honoring fallen soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan runs out of room
<!-- begin body-content -->By Frank Davies
San Jose Mercury News
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - Congress already has run out of space on a memorial created last year to honor all of the U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a grim sign of the times, the "Wall of the Fallen," set up by House Republican leaders in June, is almost full. The mounting death toll from Iraq has forced U.S. House staffers to study how to reconfigure the display in the lobby of the Rayburn Building - the largest office building for members of Congress - to squeeze in more names.
Is it me or do the planners of this fiasco show more optimism than a tuba player with a pager?
Memorial honoring fallen soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan runs out of room
<!-- begin body-content -->By Frank Davies
San Jose Mercury News
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - Congress already has run out of space on a memorial created last year to honor all of the U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a grim sign of the times, the "Wall of the Fallen," set up by House Republican leaders in June, is almost full. The mounting death toll from Iraq has forced U.S. House staffers to study how to reconfigure the display in the lobby of the Rayburn Building - the largest office building for members of Congress - to squeeze in more names.
