COAST GUARD CONDUCTS TRAINING EXERCISE IN DC WHILE OBAMA CROSSING BRIDGE IN DC - GUN SHOTS HEARD -

[jose v]

I find it hard to believe that the Coast Guard would conduct 'training exercises' at Memorial Bridge in DC, on 911 yet, especially when the President is crossing the Potomac where they are holding these exercises. Also the headline that CNN gives this article is hardly one that would catch your attention, given the meat of the article.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/potomac.boat/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Coast Guard promised a "thorough review" after a training incident Friday along the Potomac River briefly triggered concerns about the security of President Obama on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

"We are still gathering information [on] how this training event might have been misconstrued as an actual incident. We will conduct a thorough review of this incident," the Coast Guard said.

Federal agency emergency operations centers were not aware of or notified about the exercise on the Potomac, and they began implementing response procedures, a federal source said.

Even the police department's Harbor Patrol, which is responsible for patrolling the Potomac, was not notified, law enforcement sources in Washington said.

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