Former President Signs Off on Namesake Ship
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From Times Wire Reports
Former President Bush wrote his initials in chalk on the keel of a $4-billion aircraft carrier under construction that will bear his name.
A welder then etched the initials into the plate during a ceremony in Newport News.
“I hereby declare the keel of this ... U.S. Navy aircraft carrier true and fairly laid,” Bush, a decorated World War II Navy pilot, told the 3,000 invited guests.
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