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(CNN)  -- When Charles Wolf watched President Obama's speech on Afghanistan, he nearly broke down in tears. He doesn't have a son or daughter headed off to war. But to him, his wife of 12 years was a war casualty: She was killed on September 11.

When Obama described the attacks "and he described how the whole world was with us, it emotionally took me right back to that moment," Wolf said. "It was all I could do to keep from totally losing it."

Wolf's wife, Katherine, worked as an executive assistant for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. She sent an e-mail just two minutes before the first plane hit.

"Her office took a direct hit by the plane, and she was vaporized. There was nothing ever found of her," Wolf said.

It's been eight years since the attacks of September 11 killed 2,976 people. A lot of memories have faded, Wolf said, but he still thinks of the little things: "holding her hand, falling asleep next to her, waking up next to her, the companionship, the partnership."

"She was great."

And so Wolf was glued to his television Tuesday for Obama's speech. He wanted to hear from the president how the nation is going to finish the job in what Wolf calls "the womb of 9/11."

"To address these issues," Obama said, "it is important to recall why America and our allies were compelled to fight a war in Afghanistan in the first place. We did not ask for this fight. On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four airplanes and used them to murder nearly 3,000 people.

"They struck at our military and economic nerve centers. They took the lives of innocent men, women and children without regard to their faith or race or station. Were it not for the heroic actions of the passengers on board one of those flights, they could have also struck at one of the great symbols of our democracy in Washington and killed many more."

Those words brought it all home: the memories of his wife with the beautiful smile and short-cropped red hair. "I was biting my lip," he said.

That said, Wolf is critical of the president's strategy, mostly his announcement to begin withdrawing the American contingent in July 2011.

"That is a tactical and strategic mistake," he said. "If you're playing chess, do you tell your opponent your next move?

"To broadcast that for the sake of politics, to me, that is very wrong."

And so he was divided: pleased about the renewed commitment to the Afghanistan war but upset by the planned pullout date.

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Veteran New York firefighter Lee Ielpi lost his son, Jonathan, a fellow firefighter, on September 11.

"I support President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan and the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban," he said.

A combat veteran of Vietnam, Ielpi added, "The president and Congress need to ensure America has a clear strategy for our military in order to not repeat the strategic mistakes of Vietnam. I also strongly believe our country needs to do more to support returning veterans."

The office of Joe Daniels overlooks ground zero, an every-day reminder of what happened on September 11, 2001. He was standing outside the Twin Towers when they were hit. Daniels is now the president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, charged with the monumental task of building a living tribute to those who perished that day.

"In the aftermath of 9/11, there were a lot of citizens who signed up to do what they felt was a patriotic duty to respond to what happened, and many of them went to Afghanistan," Daniels said. "So I think it's important that we don't forget that the history of 9/11 is still being written. There are still a lot of important things that have to be done in Afghanistan."

He added, "After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, we lapsed into complacency. And to have a focus on finishing what needs to be done, I think, is important. We can't fall back into that sense of isolation and complacency."

Wolf agreed. By returning in force to Afghanistan, he said, "We are going in now to keep ourselves from being attacked again.

"This is not a war of choice," Wolf said. "This is a war of necessity."

He hopes the American people understand that. It's why he can hardly speak when he sees U.S. soldiers in uniform. "I am so grateful of the fact that they will lay their lives on the line for us," he said.

For military families who will soon send their loved ones off to Afghanistan, Wolf said, "Thank you. It's all you can say. Thank you for making the decision to do it. Thank you for loving your country."

"I just ask every person out there if it was your wife who went to work one day and never came home," he said, "would you do anything to make sure it doesn't happen again?"

Wolf paused at the end of the conversation and said simply: "We have to remember 9/11."

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question: Who lost firefighter on 9/11?

answer: Lee Ielpi

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question: What is Charles Wolf upset about?

answer: the president's strategy,

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question: Who said "nation can't fall back into isolation"?

answer: Joe Daniels

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answer: "I support President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan and the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban,"

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question: What is Charles Wolf pleased by?

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question: What is it the nation must not repeat?

answer: the strategic mistakes of Vietnam.

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answer: the renewed commitment to the Afghanistan war

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question: What was said by Charles Wolf?

answer: "Thank you. It's all you can say. Thank you for making the decision to do it. Thank you for loving your country."

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(CNN) -- There is a general consensus that women's tennis needs a new name to ignite some excitement into it and, at this week's Wimbledon, it does appear likely that the Williams sisters will once again be the ones to beat at the grass-court grand slam.

The Williams sisters have dominated Wimbledon this century and contested last year's final.

Defending champion Venus (five wins) and younger sibling Serena (two wins) have dominated the tournament since 2000, with only Maria Sharapova (2004) and Amelie Mauresmo (2006) breaking that monopoly.

In fact, the Williams domination has been so great this century that the 2006 final -- when Mauresmo beat Justine Henin -- is the only final when one of the American duo has not been involved.

Both Sharapova and Mauresmo are back this year, although their participation had seemed in doubt in the early part of 2009.

Sharapova certainly has the powerful game to claim another Wimbledon title, but a persistent shoulder injury has plagued her all year and she comes into the competition poorly prepared.

At nearly 30, Mauresmo is now a veteran of the WTA Tour. She had looked a spent force last year, but has enjoyed some better results this year and comes into the tournament as the 17th seed.

A potential third round showdown with top seed Dinara Safina will test her to the limit, although she would undoubtedly have the fans' support should that encounter materialize.

Safina's standing as world number one has divided opinion. The Russian is yet to win a grand slam and wasted another opportunity to end that particular hoodoo when losing to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open final last month.

The 23-year-old comes into the tournament with a niggling knee injury and has not impressed in her pre-tournament displays. The feeling remains that should the Williams sisters decided to play more WTA events then one of them, and not Safina, would be topping the world rankings.

Russians Elena Dementieva and Kuznetsova are seeded fourth and fifth and both have chances should they bring their top game to SW19, although again it is hard to see one of them defeating an in-form Williams sister.

Former world number one Jelena Jankovic has slipped down the world rankings this year and she too has yet to win a major, while 13th-seed Ana Ivanovic has not shown anything like the form that saw her win last year's French Open.

Last year's semifinalist Jie Zheng of China loves the surface and could figure again. Unfortunately for her, she is due to face Serena Williams in the fourth round.

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Editor's note: Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. ET Wednesday. If you're passionate about politics, he wants to hear from you. A nationally syndicated columnist, Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November. He is the author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith" and "Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America." Visit his Web site for more information.

Roland Martin says Howard Dean bucked other leaders and insisted on a 50-state Democratic strategy.

(CNN) -- If Sen. Barack Obama is able to prevail over Sen. John McCain on Tuesday, all of those Democrats who ripped Howard Dean's 50-state strategy over the last four years should call the head of the Democratic National Committee and offer a heartfelt apology.

First in line should be New York Sen. Charles Schumer, Chicago, Illinois, Rep. Rahm Emanuel and my CNN colleague, political strategist James Carville.

When Democrats were in the final stages of winning back Congress in 2006, those three were at odds with Dean, saying he should forget about his pie-in-the-sky plan to have the Democratic Party competitive in all 50 states.

They reasoned that money spent on get-out-the vote efforts in non-congressional elections was futile, and all the effort should be on reclaiming Congress.

But Dean resisted their suggestions, weathering repeated calls for him to resign after that election.

Dean's insistence on having a Democratic Party that existed in the heartland, and not just California, New York and Massachusetts, was brilliant in that it made clear that the party recognized the rest of America. iReport.com: What would you ask Obama?

The Democratic Party earned its liberal label because it ignored the moderate and conservative voices that paved the way for the Reagan revolution to win three consecutive elections. Yet the decisive wins weren't just on the national level.

Texas is a prime example. What used to be a blue dog Democratic state now has Republicans holding every statewide office.

But things are looking up. In Dallas County, all of the county positions except for a handful were in the hands of the GOP, especially the judges. That changed four years ago, and now the party could solidify itself this time around.

The same thing in Harris County. The state's most populous county saw Republicans take everything in sight. This time around, Democrats are poised to take back Houston and surrounding cities.

Texas Democratic leaders used to cry the blues when an election was near, but after seeing the massive turnout during the primary, they have been able to build their voter database and cultivate a new generation of politicians to run for office.

Will the state go red? Sure. But with a rock solid black vote, the ability to attract more Hispanic voters and a growing appeal to whites, Democrats may soon make Texas a competitive two-party state.

If Democrats are going to achieve success on the national level, they must have significant enthusiasm on the local level. It's hard to get your supporters ginned up for a national campaign if they see no infrastructure, especially local get-out-the-vote operations.

When Obama announced that he was implementing a 50-state strategy, he was laughed at. But here we are with six days left in the campaign and the Republicans are having to spend precious dollars on ads in Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada, GOP locks in past elections.

Obama deserves a lot of the credit for this because his "change" campaign theme, along with the horrible leadership of Republicans nationwide, is helping his candidacy. But changing the attitude among the nation's Democrats was also vital, and that's where Dean played a role.

The former governor of Vermont saw firsthand the sorry shape of the party when he ran for president in 2004. Republicans, led by Karl Rove, perfected their voter registration efforts, targeting voters down to the neighborhood, block and household.

They knew that to win they needed a well-oiled machine that wasn't activated every four years; it needed to be active all year round and in every election cycle.

So Dean put the people and resources behind substantial voter efforts in a number of states, and they went about rebuilding a crippled party that had no central voter registration effort, an outdated database of supporters, a fundraising arm that heavily relied on trial attorneys and Hollywood types, and a message that changed depending on the day.

In addition to seeing how Obama performs on Tuesday, we will also watch and see if Democrats are able to increase the number of governorships and legislatures they control.

That will be critical in 2010, because that's when the electoral map will be gerrymandered, redrawing the borders of congressional districts, and the party that rules the general assemblies, legislatures and governor's mansions will write the rules to the game.

Old pols always said that all politics is local, and the only way for a revitalized Democratic Party to expand its reach nationally is by re-branding the party on the home front. That takes time, money and leadership, and Howard Dean was willing to put his money where his mouth is.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin.

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(AOL AUTOS) -- I remember driving in eastern Pennsylvania one winter following my brother home on an hour-long trip. It had snowed earlier that morning, and by the time we got on the road the plows still hadn't reached the back roads we were on.

I was driving a front-wheel drive Acura Integra with all-season tires while he had a 4WD Grand Cherokee with the proper tires for the road conditions. The idea was that he'd plow me a path to drive through as best as he could. We were just asking for something to go wrong.

Not even a half hour into the drive home, I came around a corner too fast, briefly lost control and steered myself right into the front yard of a farmhouse. Luckily I didn't hurt myself or anyone else, but that day I learned what it meant not to have proper traction for the road conditions.

Recently, I talked with Woody Rogers from The Tire Rack to learn about the differences between all-season tires and winter tires along with the basics to consider when purchasing a set of tires designed for the harsh winter conditions.

All-Season vs. Winter Tires

Rogers explained that all-season tires are a jack-of-all-trades but master of none. "All-season tires aren't really tuned for any one area, and suffer from not being optimum for any one area because it is compromised to be capable in all areas," he said. He explained that winter tires (they're just not for the snow) focus their attention on the exact conditions you'll most likely be facing during the winter season.

"They key of a true winter tire's capability is that you have a specialist, he said. "A product that is designed to work the best in the cooler winter season temperatures, say below 45 degrees, a tread pattern and tread compound that are designed to take bites out of the snow and work well on packed snow and ice; something that an all-season tired just isn't optimized to do."

He explained that today's winter tires have come a long way: "They go beyond the deep aggressive lug 'snow' tire that many of our parents put on the back of family station wagon." Rogers said today's winter tires are available for certain conditions or are ideal for a particular region of the county.

It's best to determine what conditions you'll be driving in and then determine the type of winter tire you will need. Rogers said it's a good idea to talk with a local retailer or do some personal investigating to choose which tire has the right characteristics for your location.

"The typical image [of a snow tire] is that very aggressive, knobby zig-zag tread pattern that isn't far removed from the farm implement tire or a piece of off road construction equipment tire," he said. "No longer is that loud knobby, gnarly off-road style tread pattern required to provide good traction on snow, slush and ice."

What to Look For When Buying

When looking for true winter tire, Rogers recommends using the Canadian and American Rubber Manufacturer's standard symbol of the snowflake-on-the-mountain. Only tires that are tested in packed snow and exceed other reference tires by 10% are given the industry standard symbol. The presence of that symbol is typically a good indication of a true winter tire. Some tires barely meet the requirement and still have the symbol. Rogers said it's best to look for dedicated winter tires in addition to looking for the snowflake symbol.

"The industry really intended that symbol to be a merit badge for true winter tires, not for a multi purpose or multi use tires like on-/off-road all terrain or highway all-season," he said. "I don't think we're going to see many more or many new non-winter tires coming out with the snowflake-on-the- mountain symbol." He said presently there's no comparison between a winter tire with the snowflake symbol and an-all season tire without one.

"The symbol doesn't distinguish between the two, not yet," he said. "The industry is talking about some type of grading scale. We're encouraging them to have multiple snowflakes or a 1-2-3 scale. Something that gives the consumer a real idea of how good a winter performer the tire really is."

Traction Control, All-Wheel Drive and SUVs

It seems as if there are more all-wheel drive cars and SUVs than ever, and even if you don't have those features, an increasing number of cars have some sort of traction control. So why the need for winter tires when our cars can do so much work for us? "The winter tire really helps you get the most out of those safety features that are built into your car," Rogers said. "These electronic systems are only as capable as the traction that's provided to them by the tires, because the tires are the only thing connected to the ground."

He said the all-wheel drive capability gives SUV owners driving on all-season tires a false sense of security. While they'll be able to accelerate better than 2WD vehicles in wintry conditions, they don't have an advantage when it comes to stopping or turning in those conditions. "Ultimately, how quickly you can stop or how sharply you can turn on the snow or on the ice is determined by the grip that your tires provide," Rogers noted.

Rogers uses snow tires on both his 2WD Toyota pickup and his Mini Cooper S and says that he can accelerate better with his two-wheel drive vehicles with snow tires than 4WD SUVs with all season tires. "And I know I can stop better than they can, and turn better than they can," he added.

Two Tires or Four?

Rogers recommends putting four winter tires on your vehicle, even if your vehicle is two-wheel drive. "Today's tires offer significant traction on snow and on ice, more than even good all season tires do," he said. "And, because of that, our testing has shown and the industry testing has shown that the mix of two winter tires and two all season tires is a very dangerous combination. It may seem like you are spending an extra few hundred dollars to buy two more tires, but I can assure you it's less than the deductible on your insurance once you have a wreck."

He has a separate set of tires for most of his family cars so that he can change them over easily in his own garage before a snowstorm comes. If you're considering purchasing a set of winter tires and rims, Rogers said that Tire Rack and other retailers generally will do the tire and wheel mount and balance for no additional cost when you purchase certain packages.

"Once you drive in the snow on a modern winter tire, you'll never want to do anything else. I find that's it's much more like driving in the rain than driving in the snow," Rogers said. "I'm no longer clenching the wheel, holding on and hoping, I just drive around. The difference is stunning, when you're driving in 3-6 inches of snow and they haven't plowed the roads, you just go. And that's even in a two wheel drive vehicle," he said. "When you drive an all wheel drive or SUV with winter tires, it's virtually unstoppable." E-mail to a friend

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text: snowed

text: earlier

text: that

text: morning

text: and

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text: the

text: time

text: we

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text: on

text: the

text: road

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text: plows

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text: a

text: front

text: wheel

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text: Integra

text: with

text: all

text: season

text: tires

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text: he

text: had

text: a

text: Grand

text: Cherokee

text: with

text: the

text: proper

text: tires

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text: road

text: conditions

text: The

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text: that

text: he

text: 'd

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text: a

text: path

text: to

text: drive

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text: he

text: could

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text: asking

text: for

text: something

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text: go

text: wrong

text: Not

text: even

text: a

text: half

text: hour

text: into

text: the

text: drive

text: home

text: I

text: came

text: around

text: a

text: corner

text: too

text: fast

text: briefly

text: lost

text: control

text: and

text: steered

text: myself

text: right

text: into

text: the

text: front

text: yard

text: of

text: a

text: farmhouse

text: Luckily

text: I

text: did

text: n't

text: hurt

text: myself

text: or

text: anyone

text: else

text: but

text: that

text: day

text: I

text: learned

text: what

text: it

text: meant

text: not

text: to

text: have

text: proper

text: traction

text: for

text: the

text: road

text: conditions

text: Recently

text: I

text: talked

text: with

text: Woody

text: Rogers

text: from

text: The

text: Tire

text: Rack

text: to

text: learn

text: about

text: the

text: differences

text: between

text: all

text: season

text: tires

text: and

text: winter

text: tires

text: along

text: with

text: the

text: basics

text: to

text: consider

text: when

text: purchasing

text: a

text: set

text: of

text: tires

text: designed

text: for

text: the

text: harsh

text: winter

text: conditions

text: All

text: Season

text: vs.

text: Winter

text: Tires

text: Rogers

text: explained

text: that

text: all

text: season

text: tires

text: are

text: a

text: jack

text: of

text: all

text: trades

text: but

text: master

text: of

text: All

text: season

text: tires

text: are

text: n't

text: really

text: tuned

text: for

text: any

text: one

text: area

text: and

text: suffer

text: from

text: not

text: being

text: optimum

text: for

text: any

text: one

text: area

text: because

text: it

text: is

text: compromised

text: to

text: be

text: capable

text: in

text: all

text: areas

text: he

text: said

text: He

text: explained

text: that

text: winter

text: tires

text: they

text: 're

text: just

text: not

text: for

text: the

text: snow

text: focus

text: their

text: attention

text: on

text: the

text: exact

text: conditions

text: you

text: 'll

text: most

text: likely

text: be

text: facing

text: during

text: the

text: winter

text: season

text: They

text: key

text: of

text: a

text: true

text: winter

text: tire

text: 's

text: capability

text: is

text: that

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: specialist

text: he

text: said

text: A

text: product

text: that

text: is

text: designed

text: to

text: work

text: the

text: best

text: in

text: the

text: cooler

text: winter

text: season

text: temperatures

text: say

text: below

text: degrees

text: a

text: tread

text: pattern

text: and

text: tread

text: compound

text: that

text: are

text: designed

text: to

text: take

text: bites

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: snow

text: and

text: work

text: well

text: on

text: packed

text: snow

text: and

text: ice

text: something

text: that

text: an

text: all

text: season

text: tired

text: just

text: is

text: n't

text: optimized

text: to

text: do

text: He

text: explained

text: that

text: today

text: 's

text: winter

text: tires

text: have

text: come

text: a

text: long

text: way

text: They

text: go

text: beyond

text: the

text: deep

text: aggressive

text: lug

text: snow

text: tire

text: that

text: many

text: of

text: our

text: parents

text: put

text: on

text: the

text: back

text: of

text: family

text: station

text: wagon

text: Rogers

text: said

text: today

text: 's

text: winter

text: tires

text: are

text: available

text: for

text: certain

text: conditions

text: or

text: are

text: ideal

text: for

text: a

text: particular

text: region

text: of

text: the

text: county

text: It

text: 's

text: best

text: to

text: determine

text: what

text: conditions

text: you

text: 'll

text: be

text: driving

text: in

text: and

text: then

text: determine

text: the

text: type

text: of

text: winter

text: tire

text: you

text: will

text: need

text: Rogers

text: said

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: good

text: idea

text: to

text: talk

text: with

text: a

text: local

text: retailer

text: or

text: do

text: some

text: personal

text: investigating

text: to

text: choose

text: which

text: tire

text: has

text: the

text: right

text: characteristics

text: for

text: your

text: location

text: The

text: typical

text: image

text: of

text: a

text: snow

text: tire

text: is

text: that

text: very

text: aggressive

text: knobby

text: zig

text: zag

text: tread

text: pattern

text: that

text: is

text: n't

text: far

text: removed

text: from

text: the

text: farm

text: implement

text: tire

text: or

text: a

text: piece

text: of

text: off

text: road

text: construction

text: equipment

text: tire

text: he

text: said

text: No

text: longer

text: is

text: that

text: loud

text: knobby

text: gnarly

text: off

text: road

text: style

text: tread

text: pattern

text: required

text: to

text: provide

text: good

text: traction

text: on

text: snow

text: slush

text: and

text: ice

text: What

text: to

text: Look

text: For

text: When

text: Buying

text: When

text: looking

text: for

text: true

text: winter

text: tire

text: Rogers

text: recommends

text: using

text: the

text: Canadian

text: and

text: American

text: Rubber

text: Manufacturer

text: 's

text: standard

text: symbol

text: of

text: the

text: snowflake

text: on

text: the

text: mountain

text: Only

text: tires

text: that

text: are

text: tested

text: in

text: packed

text: snow

text: and

text: exceed

text: other

text: reference

text: tires

text: by

text: are

text: given

text: the

text: industry

text: standard

text: symbol

text: The

text: presence

text: of

text: that

text: symbol

text: is

text: typically

text: a

text: good

text: indication

text: of

text: a

text: true

text: winter

text: tire

text: Some

text: tires

text: barely

text: meet

text: the

text: requirement

text: and

text: still

text: have

text: the

text: symbol

text: Rogers

text: said

text: it

text: 's

text: best

text: to

text: look

text: for

text: dedicated

text: winter

text: tires

text: in

text: addition

text: to

text: looking

text: for

text: the

text: snowflake

text: symbol

text: The

text: industry

text: really

text: intended

text: that

text: symbol

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: merit

text: badge

text: for

text: true

text: winter

text: tires

text: not

text: for

text: a

text: multi

text: purpose

text: or

text: multi

text: use

text: tires

text: like

text: on-/off

text: road

text: all

text: terrain

text: or

text: highway

text: all

text: season

text: he

text: said

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: we

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: see

text: many

text: more

text: or

text: many

text: new

text: non

text: winter

text: tires

text: coming

text: out

text: with

text: the

text: snowflake

text: on

text: the-

text: mountain

text: symbol

text: He

text: said

text: presently

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: comparison

text: between

text: a

text: winter

text: tire

text: with

text: the

text: snowflake

text: symbol

text: and

text: an

text: all

text: season

text: tire

text: without

text: one

text: The

text: symbol

text: does

text: n't

text: distinguish

text: between

text: the

text: two

text: not

text: yet

text: he

text: said

text: The

text: industry

text: is

text: talking

text: about

text: some

text: type

text: of

text: grading

text: scale

text: We

text: 're

text: encouraging

text: them

text: to

text: have

text: multiple

text: snowflakes

text: or

text: a

text: scale

text: Something

text: that

text: gives

text: the

text: consumer

text: a

text: real

text: idea

text: of

text: how

text: good

text: a

text: winter

text: performer

text: the

text: tire

text: really

text: is

text: Traction

text: Control

text: All

text: Wheel

text: Drive

text: and

text: SUVs

text: It

text: seems

text: as

text: if

text: there

text: are

text: more

text: all

text: wheel

text: drive

text: cars

text: and

text: SUVs

text: than

text: ever

text: and

text: even

text: if

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: those

text: features

text: an

text: increasing

text: number

text: of

text: cars

text: have

text: some

text: sort

text: of

text: traction

text: control

text: So

text: why

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: winter

text: tires

text: when

text: our

text: cars

text: can

text: do

text: so

text: much

text: work

text: for

text: us

text: The

text: winter

text: tire

text: really

text: helps

text: you

text: get

text: the

text: most

text: out

text: of

text: those

text: safety

text: features

text: that

text: are

text: built

text: into

text: your

text: car

text: Rogers

text: said

text: These

text: electronic

text: systems

text: are

text: only

text: as

text: capable

text: as

text: the

text: traction

text: that

text: 's

text: provided

text: to

text: them

text: by

text: the

text: tires

text: because

text: the

text: tires

text: are

text: the

text: only

text: thing

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: ground

text: He

text: said

text: the

text: all

text: wheel

text: drive

text: capability

text: gives

text: SUV

text: owners

text: driving

text: on

text: all

text: season

text: tires

text: a

text: false

text: sense

text: of

text: security

text: While

text: they

text: 'll

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: accelerate

text: better

text: than

text: vehicles

text: in

text: wintry

text: conditions

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: an

text: advantage

text: when

text: it

text: comes

text: to

text: stopping

text: or

text: turning

text: in

text: those

text: conditions

text: Ultimately

text: how

text: quickly

text: you

text: can

text: stop

text: or

text: how

text: sharply

text: you

text: can

text: turn

text: on

text: the

text: snow

text: or

text: on

text: the

text: ice

text: is

text: determined

text: by

text: the

text: grip

text: that

text: your

text: tires

text: provide

text: Rogers

text: noted

text: Rogers

text: uses

text: snow

text: tires

text: on

text: both

text: his

text: Toyota

text: pickup

text: and

text: his

text: Mini

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text: and

text: says

text: that

text: he

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text: accelerate

text: better

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text: wheel

text: drive

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text: dangerous

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text: are

text: spending

text: an

text: extra

text: few

text: hundred

text: dollars

text: to

text: buy

text: two

text: more

text: tires

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text: can

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text: it

text: 's

text: less

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question: What give SUV owners a false sense of security?

answer: all-wheel drive capability

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(CNN) -- AC Milan have swooped to sign Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu on a three-year contract -- making him the first American to appear in Serie A since Alexi Lalas in 1996.

Onyewu will become the first American since Alexi Lalas to appear in Italian Serie A after joining AC Milan.

Onyewu, who has also played in the English Premier League with Newcastle United, has moved to the San Siro on a free transfer after impressing with some superb displays during the United States' run to the Confederations Cup final.

The 27-year-old has played 38 times for his country, scoring five goals.Latest transfer gossip and rumors

"This transaction shows once again the excellent friendly relationship between our club and Belgian club Standard Liege, particularly their executive vice-president Luciano D'Onofrio," said a statement on Milan's official Web site.

The six-foot four-inch player was born in Washington DC to Nigerian parents but began his club career at Metz in France in 2002.

He was loaned out to La Louviere in Belgium in 2003 and his form there earnt him a move to Liege, where he won two Belgian titles.

He then joined Newcastle on loan, playing 11 league matches.

However, the  transfer is unlikely to appease the Milan supporters who are unhappy with the summer sale of Brazilian superstar Kaka to Real Madrid -- and the departure of coach Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea.

About 300 fans protested outside the club's Milanello base on the first day of pre-season training on Monday, complaining at the lack of big name signings.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia has temporarily grounded all Adam Air flights starting Wednesday because it says the discount airliner "failed to implement quality standards for its aircraft."

Officers examine an Adam Air plane which halted suddenly in the middle of the runway in Surabaya in February 2007.

"The operational specification of Adam Air will be revoked. In effect, Adam Air will not be allowed to operate any airplanes effective 12 a.m. Wednesday, 18 March 2008," according to a statement from Indonesia's civil aviation chief, Budhi Muliawan Suyitno.

A year ago, a Garuda Airlines plane overshot the runway in Jakarta, careened into a rice patty field and burst into flames, killing more than 20 people on board.

On January 1, 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 crashed, killing all 102 people on board. A day after the crash, there were reports that 12 survivors had been found. But those 12 survivors, it turned out later, were from an Indonesian ferry that sank four days earlier.

For more than a week after the Adam Air flight disappeared off the radar screens, Indonesian authorities scoured the mountainous terrain of western Sulawesi province and the Java Sea for any sign of the missing aircraft, but found nothing.

The suspension will last for three months, according to Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for Indonesia's Air Transport Directorate.

Adam Air's permit was revoked because it "failed to implement quality standards for its aircraft, including pilot training and supervision in accordance with standard operational procedures," Ervan said.

The directorate sent a letter to Adam Air regarding its decision, but has not received a reply.

Adam Air CEO Adam Suherman told CNN the airline is not surprised by the Air Transport Office's announcement.

He said the airline had to suspend its operations Tuesday morning because one of its main investors pulled out, causing the airliner financial problems.

Indonesia's aviation authorities recently issued a report outlining a road map to safety, acknowledging that their track record on safety is unacceptable.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lowered its rating of Indonesia's safety record and the European Union banned all Indonesian airliners. E-mail to a friend

CNN's Kathy Quiano in Jakarta and Arwa Damon contributed to this report

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(CNN)  -- President-elect Barack Obama, President Bush and all of the surviving past presidents got together Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House.

Barack Obama meets with President Bush and past presidents in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

"One message that I have, and I think we all share, is that we want you to succeed. Whether we're Democrat or Republican, we care deeply about this country," Bush told Obama before lunch with the former presidents.

Bush and Obama were joined by Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Obama thanked the president for hosting them and said he was grateful for the opportunity to get "advice, good counsel and fellowship" from the group.  Watch what Obama says about the meeting Â»

Obama's press secretary said the presidents had a "very constructive conversation" and Obama appreciated "the spirit of bipartisanship they showed" in wishing him success.

"The president and the former presidents had helpful advice on managing the office, as well as thoughts on the critical issues facing the country right now. The president-elect is anxious to stay in touch with all of them in the coming years,"  Robert Gibbs said.

Presidential historian Doug Brinkley said it's "very smart politics for Obama to keep a channel open" with the former presidents.

"If he has a policy initiative that he wants to lead the country behind ... if he could get the signatures, the green light from all of the ex-presidents to say, 'Not only am I for this, but I have all of the ex-presidents backing me' -- that's powerful," he said.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the last time all of the living presidents got together at the White House was in 1981, and she called Wednesday's meeting a "historic moment."

She said the president was "delighted" to host the luncheon.

"Each of them expressed their desire for President-elect Obama to have a very successful presidency. During the lunch, they had a wide-ranging discussion on many different issues facing the United States, and they all look forward to remaining in contact in the future,"  Perino said.

The meeting marked the second time Bush has hosted Obama since the election. Obama suggested the meeting with all of the former presidents when he and Bush first met in November.

Perino said earlier she didn't know what they would talk about, but she said she'd love to be able to hear it.

"I'm sure all of us would love to be flies on the wall and listening to that conversation," Perino said during Tuesday's daily news briefing.

Perino speculated that they would discuss what it's like to raise children in the White House and how to protect them.

Brinkley predicted that first and foremost, the presidents would recall what it was like to be president.

"All of them will have little anecdotes. They'll see something in the White House that will bring back a memory. They'll try to bring some levity to this -- make it a very special and engaging and actually a fun afternoon for Barack Obama," he said.

Secondly, Brinkley said, the conversation would probably turn to what's going on in the Middle East.

Brinkley said that all of the men will be on their "best behavior," but, given the personalities at the luncheon, there could be some tension.

"The friction, if there is any, is between Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, who are known to not like each other at all," he said, pointing out that the Clinton team did not like Carter "parachuting for peace into Bosnia, North Korea and Haiti" during Clinton's administration.

"That's the relationship that is not warm, it's not good, and if you are a body language expert, you might home in on that," he said.

President Bush may find himself the odd man out at the meeting, at least in terms of popularity.

Bush registered only a 27 percent approval rating in a December CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey.

In contrast, Obama had an 82 percent approval rating.

A new poll out Wednesday indicates that 69 percent of adult Americans approved of how Clinton handled his job as president, while 64 percent of adult Americans gave a thumbs up to Carter and 60 percent approved of George H.W. Bush.

CNN's Lauren Kornreich contributed to this report

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(Reader's Digest) -- What causes the greatest amount of "green guilt" across the globe?

Not recycling enough was the number one response in 9 out of 15 countries surveyed, followed by wasting water.

A new global "Around the World" poll, conducted by Reader's Digest and published in all of its 50 April editions worldwide, found that Brazil was the country where the largest number (42 percent) polled said they feel guilty about not recycling enough, followed by Malaysia and Russia (both 40 percent), China and the Netherlands (both 35 percent), and France (31 percent).

The United States and the Philippines (both 30 percent) ranked below them.

The most guilt in the survey was felt by the water-worried Spaniards.

Cosme Ojeda, editor of Reader's Digest Spain, says, "In our arid country, we are all aware of the lack of water every day."

India (39 percent) and Italy (30 percent) ranked behind them, but it was also their biggest concern.

Cristian Arratia, 28, of Blue Mountains, Australia, told the magazine, "I do stupid things like running the tap while I brush my teeth."

The United States, which has the highest number of motor vehicles per capita of any nation on earth (844 per 1,000 people), also felt guilty about driving too much, according to 30 percent of Americans polled.

Fran Musetti, 58, of Clovis, California, said, "Our society has become too rushed, and that's why we drive everywhere."

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question: Surveyed about what?

answer: Not recycling

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question: How many countries were surveyed?

answer: 15

question: What was the number one response in the survey?

answer: enough

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