>>>This is the first day of the Olympics. When does the opening ceremony start?
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>>Tonight at 8PM Eastern. The preliminary ski jump had been scheduled for today but was cancelled due to high winds.
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>Thanks, we'll be watching.
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>BTW, I read in the newspaper today that a free style skier from Montreal told that he saw armed soldiers on top of the hill. Was he joking?

Nope. There are 15,000 people in the security force here. That includes soldiers, police, FBI, Secret Service, and who knows what other groups. In total there are 60 agencies working on security.