Milestones

Ten years ago: President Bush told reporters he saw no hope for a diplomatic solution to the Persian Gulf crisis, until economic sanctions forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.

Five years ago: Shannon Faulkner officially became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel. (However, Faulkner quit the school less than a week later.)

One year ago: Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush won the Iowa straw poll.