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I A6 NATION SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2008 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com For tops i mq, Fourttft just another worldn The holiday is even leaner at smaller outposts closer to the violence, where it comes with a can of meat, some cookies and a job not yet done. "We are not going to stop our operations to celebrate the Fourth of July," said Sgt. Mark Johnson, 26, at a small joint U.S.-Iraqi outpost in the city of Iskandariyah, some 30 miles south of Baghdad. "Nothing special is planned for today, and that's OK because we didn't expect any thing," added the 3rd Infantry Division soldier from Water-port, N.Y. He heads home later this month on his mid-tour break to be with his girlfriend when she gives birth to their first child.

At least things were quiet Friday at the outpost, giving the men who weren't on duty time to watch movies on their laptops and instant message with friends back home. "It is the same every day since we got here in October," said 1st Lt. William Kuebler, 24, who is nine months into his 15-month tour in Iraq. "The holidays are not important," added the 101st Airborne Division officer from Moville, Iowa. Things were a bit more festive at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

There was a special menu in the chow hall and a three-on-three basketball tournament. Before hitting the court, Covarrubias from the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment planned to call his wife and kids and also his mom to wish her a happy birthday. "If I was home, I'd get together with my family and barbecue, and we'd have carne asada, a family reunion," said Covarrubias. But the 29-year-old from Hawthorne, said that although he misses his family, the holiday still made him feel good. "For me, on the Fourth of July, you remember there's people out there that think about you out here," said Covarrubias.

For others, the day was a reminder of their duty to their country. At Camp Victory outside Baghdad, 1,215 troops from the Army, Marines and other services re-enlisted in a mass swearing-in ceremony led by top U.S. war commander Gen. David Petraeus. At least two husband-and-wife couples were among those signing up for another military stint.

gday BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway. Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U.S. troops.

But the military threw in a taste of home at larger bases with ribs, corn on the cob and red, white and blue cake. it Millions view New York fireworks display -iff V. X. tion of Independence, Boy Scouts in Hartford, rang a replica of the Liberty Bell, while organizers of the annual New York fireworks display promised the rockets' red glare would be better than ever. Near Kissimmee, a wounded bald eagle, the national bird, was flying free after spending more than two months rehabilitating from a fight with another eagle It was freed Thursday in Lake Tohopekaliga, the heart of Florida's eagle country.

In Boston, the 211-year-old USS Constitution, the Navy's oldest commissioned warship, was the backdrop Friday morning as two dozen people were sworn in as U.S. citizens. got its own Fire Department escort from the moment it crossed the state line from New Jersey, officials said. Near Cincinnati, a daredevil walked 2,000 feet across a cable suspended high off the ground in an amusement park. Rick Wallenda is the grandson of Karl Wallenda, patriarch of the "Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, who fell to his death trying to walk a cable in Puerto Rico in 1974.

Rick Wallenda, 53, completed the feat using a balancing pole and without a safety net or harness. "I think my granddad would be proud," Wallenda said moments after the walk. On the 232nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declara Associated Press A couple stand in the foreground at Town Park in Bloomsburg, as fireworks explode overhead during Friday night's Fourth of July celebration. New citizens get lesson in free speech at Bush event NEW YORK (AP) The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to create a brilliant end to a day of July Fourth celebrations nationwide More than 3 million people had been expected to attend the New York display, though no crowd estimates were immediately given. It had been moved south along the river this year so onlookers could get a better view of the skyline.

Spectators thronged the riverfront in a light rain, some holding red, white and blue umbrellas. Edwin Aleman staked out his viewing spot in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn hours before the show. "These are million-dollar views," he told WNYW-TV. "This is what New York City is all about: the views, the skyline." More than 35,000 shells sparkled, arched, spiked and fanned over the river during the half -hour show, launched from barges in two areas. It was televised on NBC to songs including "Give My Regards to Broadway," the "Tennessee Waltz" and, of course, "Yankee Doodle." Organizers said this year's pyrotechnics included new nautical fireworks that floated on the water.

Other new shells went through multiple transformations after they launched, providing four different effects. It was such a large and potentially dangerous load of fireworks that the shipment i at Haines Entire Stock TOYS 11. 3 "wv -w -w rf i Uiil I If II rallied along the path of the president's motorcade to Monticello. Bush mentioned neither the war in Iraq nor the battle against terrorism in his speech, other than to say that "we pay tribute to the brave men and women who wear the uniform." For the people assembled with him at the naturalization ceremony, he said: "When you raise your hands and take your oath, you will complete an incredible journey. From this day forward, the history of the United States will be part of your heritage." "Throughout our history," he said, "the words of the declaration have inspired immigrants around the world to set sail to our shores.

They made America a melting pot of culture from all across the world. They made diversity a great strength of our democracy." "Those of you taking the oath of citizenship at this ceremony hail from 30 different nations," Bush noted. You all have one thing in common and that is a shared love of freedom and this is the love that makes us all Americans." CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) People lined up to be sworn in as new U.S. citizens were unwitting witnesses Friday to a constitutional object lesson at President Bush's expense on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

Protesters interrupted Bush's brief welcoming speech several times with calls for his impeachment, and the president calmly responded at one point: "To my fellow citizens to be, we believe in free speech in the United States of America." On his final Fourth of July as president, Bush said he was honored to be present for the naturalization ceremony, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American." The last six Fourth of July holidays have taken place amid continuing violence in Iraq. Bush's addition of 28,000 U.S. troops last year in Iraq helped foster a measure of stability in what is now the sixth summer of the war, however. Some 150 or so demonstrators, from a variety of groups opposing Bush's policies on the war in Iraq, also Obama spends holiday in red state Montana BUTTE, Mont. (AP) It was a family Fourth of July for Democrat Barack Obama as his wife, daughters, sister and other relatives helped him make an Independence Day play for this reliably conservative state.

Obama paid tribute to a nation in which the son of a single mother could rise to such heights. "I know that there is no other country out there where I could be standing before you as somebody who could potentially be president of the United States," he said at a campaign-sponsored "family picnic" for hundreds of people part rally, part birthday party for his oldest daughter, Malia, who turned 10 on Friday. "We are going to change the world." Cheers greeted Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters everywhere. As they arrived to watch the Fourth of July parade, the crowd broke into a rendition of "Happy Birthday" for Malia. Obama joked that he had to tell the birthday girl not to get caught up in all the fuss.

"All the fireworks and stuff are not just for her," he said to laughs. That appeared in part a reference to the special treat the family got Thursday night. Obama's motorcade ferried the family from their private jet to a home high above town that provided a stunning view of the city's late-night fireworks display. Friday's picnic was held on a sunny, green hillside, a mountain vista all around, with checkered tablecloths and plenty of food dotting the property of the World Mining Museum. Introducing her husband, Michelle Obama spent almost more time talking about all the relatives who were there than "the other guy" running for president.

She led the crowd in another round of "Happy Birthday," then noted that mom singing into a microphone might not be the best present for a young girl. "Now, she's thoroughly embarrassed," she laughed. Continuing the theme of focusing on children, Michelle Obama said "those little people and all the beautiful kids all over this park" are driving him to run for president no matter the sacrifice it costs their family. "The reason why I am standing here today is that if he cares half as much about this country as he does about his own children, we're going to be just fine," she said. The Obamas were spending part of the afternoon sitting for interviews with such family friendly magazines as People, Essence and Parents, and television's "Access Hollywood." Aides were seen carting Hula Hoops, coloring books and whiffle balls so the girls could be photographed playing.

At the parade, Obama sat in a small riser to watch the floats. He was surrounded by his wife, daughters dressed in combinations of red, white and blue, and his sister, her husband and their daughter. He apologized for not walking in the parade like the other politicians, which caused some disappointment. But he explained that security concerns would have required everyone to show their hands to Secret Service agents along the route. But then he did walk for a bit, strolling down both sides of the route where people pressed against barriers to get a glimpse or a handshake Obama's Republican rival, John McCain, was spending the long holiday weekend at home in Phoenix.

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