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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 05:03 PM
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Retired Gen. Wayne Downing dies at 67
Source: Boston Globe

PEORIA, Ill. --Retired Gen. Wayne Downing, one of President Bush's key counterterrorism advisers after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Wednesday, a coroner said. He was 67.

The four-star general was admitted to the hospital Monday, suffering from bacterial meningitis and multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said.

The West Point graduate retired in 1996 after 34 years in the military, ending his career as head of all U.S. special operations forces. He commanded more than 47,000 soldiers, including the Army's Green Berets and Navy's SEALs.

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Downing, a military analyst for MSNBC, received the U.S. Military Academy's distinguished graduate award in 2006.

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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 05:08 PM
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1. meningitis - horrible way to die.
Poor man.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 05:16 PM
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2. Oh, how sad.
I liked him.
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 06:01 PM
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3. An absolute legend in Special Forces....
...Rest in Peace Warrior. Another sentry joins St. Peter's regiment.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 06:06 PM
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4. Wow!
What an awful way to go.

My sympathies to his family.
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shaniqua6392 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-18-07 06:45 PM
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5. Rest in peace General Downing.
God bless you and your family.
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