McCain lambasts Rumsfeld for war
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history.
“We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement – that’s the kindest word I can give you – of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war,” the Arizona senator told an overflow crowd of more than 800 at a retirement community near Hilton Head Island, S.C.
McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, complained that Rumsfeld never put enough troops on the ground to succeed in Iraq.
“I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history,” McCain said to applause.
ATLANTA
Chicken-rib meat products recalled
Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday.
Officials said Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists found listeria monocytogenes in a sample. That type of contamination can cause listeriosis, which is uncommon but potentially fatal.
No illnesses have been reported, officials said.
The nationwide recall affects all 6-ounce packages of “Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich chicken breast strips with rib meat, grilled, fully cooked, ready to eat” that bear the establishment number “P-19676” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the front of the package. On the back of each package is a “Use by” date of “19 Apr 2007.”
MANSFIELD, Ohio
Teenager shot in face at ER
A 14-year-old boy chased down a 15-year-old boy and shot him in the face at the entrance to a hospital emergency room, where the victim immediately sought treatment, authorities said Monday.
The suspect was tackled by a hospital security guard and placed in handcuffs as he tried to follow the victim inside Sunday evening, said Cindy Jakubick, a spokeswoman for MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital.
No one else was hurt, said Mansfield police Sgt. Ken Coontz.
The victim, Jacques Sutton, was treated at the hospital and then flown to Columbus Children’s Hospital, where a spokeswoman said he was in critical condition Monday.
The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, was being held in a juvenile detention facility, Coontz said. A court appearance was set for today.
Sutton apparently punched the 14-year-old in the face and tried to flee, then was shot once in the right cheek by a .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun, Coontz said.