Samantha shared with me that her father had recently had open-heart surgery and as a post-operation gift she presented her father his favorite thing.

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Davidson said it was his understanding that through clerical errors Operation Compassion double-counted the gift and then inexplicably boosted the value.

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Mr. SHANNON: I told the team, before we left the scrub turnaround meeting, what a great gift NASA could give to the nation to return the shuttle to operation on Independence Day.

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