Friday, 4. June 2004

Topic: W A R - on June 4, 2004 at 5:05:00 PM CEST

Bush's nuclear "football" enters Vatican
Dubya brings 'nucular' launch codes into the vatican

While George W. Bush and the pope talked peace in the Vatican, a military aide held a bulky black attach case containing the codes the U.S. president would need in order to launch a nuclear war.

It is known as "the football". It has been all over the world and on Friday it entered the hallowed halls of the Vatican.

It was never very far from the president. While he and the pope were speaking alone in the pontiff's private study, it was in the next room.

reuters

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