Widow Tells Bush To Stay The Course
Posted by Matt
Blogs for Bush
This is a story I expect will not get much coverage in the mainstream media, but it is one you all should read:
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President Bush, who met with relatives of fallen soldiers before Tuesday's Fort Bragg speech, was urged to stay the course in Iraq by a woman who gave him a bracelet honoring her late husband.
"I said: 'I know people are pushing you, but please don't pull the guys out of Iraq too soon,' " said Crystal Owen, whose husband, Staff Sgt. Mike Owen, was killed in Iraq last year.
"Don't let my husband -- and 1,700-plus other deaths -- be in vain," she added during a private meeting with Mr. Bush at the North Carolina base. "They were over there, fighting for a democratic nation, and I hope you'll keep our service members over there until the mission can be accomplished."
Mrs. Owen gave the president a stainless steel bracelet engraved with the names of her husband and another soldier, Cpl. John Santos, both of whom were killed on Oct. 15.
The president slipped the bracelet on his left wrist and wore it throughout his 28-minute prime-time address to the nation, becoming visibly emotional at times.
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Bush met with 32 families for about three hours before his speech. Mrs. Owen told The Washington Times, "Even though he'd met with 31 other families prior to me, it was like I was the only one -- I mean, he made me feel special .. He wanted to know about Mike and about me and if I was OK."
That's our Commander-In-Chief.
UPDATE: Sadly, the media tends to focus on things like this...
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