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To: SiouxPal who wrote (401796)	7/25/2008 6:14:22 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576874

At the Pentagon, spokesman Bryan Whitman said Obama was told he could go to Landstuhl, but the visit would have to conform to Defense Department guidelines that restrict political activity on military installation. That meant campaign staff would have been barred from accompanying him, he said. At the same time, he said, "The Pentagon certainly did not tell the senator he could not visit Landstuhl." The campaign faced questions during the day about the episode, following dissemination of two written statements on Thursday as word spread of the canceled trip. In the first, Gibbs made no mention of the Pentagon, saying only that Obama "decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign." A few hours later, the campaign issued a statement in the name of retired Gen. Scott Gration, an adviser to the senator, that mentioned the Pentagon's involvement.