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From: Navy Times (our U.S. Navy) 
Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets
By Sam Fellman - Staff writer
Posted: Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 17:16:10 EDT
 On the last night of the Democratic National
 Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to 
veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking 
warships reinforced his patriotic message.
On the last night of the Democratic National
 Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to 
veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking 
warships reinforced his patriotic message.
But there was a big mistake in the stirring backdrop: those are Russian warships.
While
 retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, 
honored vets as America’s best, the ships from the Russian Federation 
Navy were arrayed like sentinels on the big screen above.
These were the very Soviet-era combatants that Nathman and Cold Warriors like him had once squared off against.
“The
 ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar 
after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no 
question of that in my mind.”
A spokesman for the Democratic National Convention Committee was not 
able to immediately comment Tuesday, saying he had to track down 
personnel to find out what had happened.
   
 
 
 
          
      
 
  
 
 
 
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