Waterways Operation Manager Matt Carter said the trial would not compromise safety as work would still be carried out by relief staff already used by the agency to provide cover when resident keepers are unavailable.

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Unfortunately, Operation Eagle Claw failed, as did Carter's presidency because of it.

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Gates reminded his colleagues that he had been in the Situation Room of the Carter White House when military officials presented Eagle Claw the 1980 Delta Force operation that aimed at rescuing American hostages in Tehran but resulted in a disastrous collision in the Iranian desert, killing eight American soldiers.

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