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Seventeen United States Navy sailors were killed Oct. 12 on the USS Cole in Yemen. I am absolutely outraged that a U.S. naval vessel was scheduled for refueling operations in a country that is known to harbor terrorists and organizations with avowed intentions of inflicting casualties on our military.

Somebody in our government made a very bad decision, which directly resulted in the untimely deaths of 17 U.S. servicemen/women, not to mention the 39 sailors who were injured, some critically.

The people who made this decision need to be held accountable. To send one of our ships into Yemen is madness. It borders on criminal negligence. Certainly the men and women who serve our country in uniform deserve better.