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тАЬSir?тАЭ

тАЬCome on, MajorтАФyou're in the know. You've heard the whispers all over the town. Nowyou tellme."

тАЬI ... don't know, sir. We can't even pinpoint who gave those low-alert orders.тАЭ

тАЬBut yet it came from the Joint Chiefs?тАЭ

тАЬYes, sir. Sir? We think it was an aide. But the one we have in mind has ... disappeared.тАЭ

тАЬI won't ask you who you suspect. Just this: why would he do such a damned fool thing?тАЭ

тАЬI don't know, sir.тАЭ

Travee nodded, then said, тАЬI want you to do me a personal favor, Major. Find out where Gen. Vern
Saunders was this morning. Pronto. And report your findingsonly to me.тАЭ

тАЬYes, sir.тАЭ

SundayтАФfour days to launch

President Fayers looked out the window of his office, wondering why any man would want the thankless
job of president of the United States.

тАЬIt's such a lousy job,тАЭ he said to his chief aide and good friend. тАЬDamned if you do, damned if you
don't. The massive responsibility for running a country this size should not be dumped onto the shoulders
of one man. It's too much.тАЭ
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тАЬYes, sir,тАЭ the aide agreed, not really knowing what his boss was talking about. The president hadn't
been himself lately. He'd been depressed, complaining of sleeplessness, and the aide was worried the
press would discover it and blab it all over the nation. Not that it was any of their goddamned business.
NoтАФthe president is supposed to be perfect. Can't ever be sick in private. Can't be a human being. No,
the president has to be superman.

тАЬEd,тАЭ the aide said, тАЬare you all right?тАЭ

тАЬYes, of course I am. No, I'm not. Hell, I don't know. I'm getting old, that's what.тАЭ He sighed heavily.
тАЬWhat is on the agenda for this afternoon?тАЭ

тАЬThe meeting with the analytical and statistical chief of the CIA's overseas intelligence operation.тАЭ

тАЬHal Brady, you mean?тАЭ

тАЬYes, sir.тАЭ

тАЬTitles. Everybody has to have a title,тАЭ Fayers muttered. тАЬWhen is the meeting?тАЭ