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To: i-node who wrote (401759)	7/25/2008 1:33:30 PM
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Obama Cancels Military Base Visit: "Inappropriate" huffingtonpost.com UPDATE: When Obama cancelled his military base visit, he was responding to a Pentagon ruling: "We learned from the Pentagon last night that the visit would be viewed instead as a campaign event," the adviser, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, said in a statement. "Senator Obama did not want to have a trip to see our wounded warriors perceived as a campaign event when his visit was to show his appreciation for our troops and decided instead not to go." Reuters has more from the Pentagon: The Pentagon in a statement cited longstanding Defense Department policy that prohibits military personnel or facilities from association with partisan political campaigns and elections. "We told him he could visit Landstuhl (Regional Medical Center in western Germany) with his Senate staff, but not with his campaign staff," said Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Hibner.