Bloomberg asks vice president not to come to main 9-11 ceremony [View All]

[peterh]

<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--sept11-cheney0910sep10,0,1265967.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire>

NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has asked Vice President Dick Cheney not to attend the city's World Trade Center anniversary ceremony because Cheney's security would have "inconvenienced" family members of victims, the mayor said Wednesday.

"Because of concerns that the increased security measures required for vice presidential travel would have inconvenienced or delayed family members, I have asked Vice President Cheney to attend a memorial service later in the day honoring fallen Port Authority officers and employees, instead of the morning's commemoration at the World Trade Center site," Bloomberg said in a statement.

A call to Cheney's office was not immediately returned


Hmmmm….is it just because of security measures or could there be more to it than that….hmmmm

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