2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 20, 2005 NATION/WORLD Silence recalls Okla bombing OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - With 168 moments of silence and the mes- sage that goodness can overcome evil, victims of the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history were remembered yesterday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Some 1,600 people inside the First United Methodist Church fell silent for 168 seconds at 9:02 a.m,, the moment the Alfred P. Murrah Fed- eral Building was destroyed exactly 10 years earlier. Some brought teddy bears and flowers to be placed at the memo- rial, which includes 168 empty chairs symbolizing the human cost. "All of us respect you for the way you've borne tragedy over the last decade and for your great devotion to the memory of those who died here," Vice President Cheney told survivors and loved ones. "Goodness overcame evil that day," he said. "All humanity can see you expe- rienced bottomless cruelty and responded with heroism," he told the crowd. "Your strength was chal- lenged and you held firm. Your faith was tested and it has not wavered." There was heavy security in the First United Methodist Church, adjacent to the memorial, where the speeches were given. Former President Clinton, who was in office at the time of the bomb- ing,.reminded mourners that "by the grace of God, time takes its' toll not only on youth and beauty, but also on tragedy. The tomorrows come almost against our will. And they bring healing and hope, new responsibili- ties and new possibilities." Clinton got a chuckle when he mentioned the Survivor Tree, the elm that was heavily damaged in the bombing and is now a leafy green reminder of it. "Boy, that tree was ugly when I first saw it (in 1995), but survive it did," Clinton said. "Trees are good symbols for what you did. You can't forget the past of a tree. It's in the roots, and if you lose the roots you lose the tree. But the nature of the tree is to always reach for tomorrow. It's in the branches." 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The blast occurred in the Azamiyah section of the capital about 18 yards from the front gate of the recruitment center, killing at least six Iraqis, including two soldiers, and wounding 44, said police Col. Hussein Mutlaq. Insurgents opened fire on Iraqi soldiers in Khalidiyah town, 75 miles west of Baghdad, killing four soldiers and wounding seven, police and hospital offi- cials said. One of the main goals of the U.S.-led coalition in the 2-year-old war is to train Iraqi security forces to replace American soldiers in the field, and insurgents often target centers where such security forces are being recruited and instructed. In the capital, masked men armed with machine guns and traveling in two cars in the capital shot and killed Prof Fuad Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Bayati as he left his home for work at the University of Baghdad, police said. WASHINGTON GOP pushes for Bolton's confirmation Senate Republicans pushed for swift confirmation of sharp-tongued John Bolton as U.N. ambassador yesterday in a rancorous committee session. The Senate's top Democrat raised the possibility of trying to block the nomination when it reaches the full Senate. A pivotal Republican senator said he would support Bolton, giving the nomina- tion a crucial boost. Republicans hold a 10-8 majority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which was preparing to vote on Bolton's nomination, and eight of the 10 had said they would vote for Bolton. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island became the ninth, p saying shortly before the panel met he would support the nomination reluctantly. "Under the regrettable circumstances, I'm as comfortable as I can be," Chafee told The Associated Press. "The president gets to choose his team. Most impor- tantly for me, he's going to be on a short leash with a choke collar." Meanwhile, the White House said President Bush had no second thoughts about Bolton despite critics' complaints about his treatment of subordinates and dismis- sive comments on the United Nations. WASHINGTON Moussaoui to plead guilty to charges Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person in the United States charged in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks, is offering for a second time to plead guilty and a federal judge is evaluating whether to accept the plea, a legal source said yesterday. The source, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the matter remains sealed, said if U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema finds Moussaoui mentally com- petent to make the decision, he could enter the plea before the end of the month. Brinkema scheduled a hearing yesterday to discuss a letter Moussaoui sent the court indicating his desire to plead guilty. The government has accused Moussaoui of participating in an al-Qaida con- spiracy to commit terrorism that included the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. MOSCOW Rice confident Russia will not turn totalitarian Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that despite serious setbacks to Russian democracy, there is no sign that the country is poised to return to its totalitarian past. As evidence of democratic ferment, Rice said Russia's opposition is expected to contest the-next presidential elections, and she also cited recent protests by pen- sioners angry about a reduction in benefits. Rice added that "there is a considerable amount of individual freedom" in Russia nowadays. "One can't imagine reverting back to Soviet times," Rice said while en route to the country for talks with President Vladimir Putin and other officials. 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