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To: tejek who wrote (529213)11/15/2009 3:27:53 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576945
 
>> ..you don't know how Fox News found out about the visit

I believe I was quite specific as to how FNC found out (through Bill Sammon). As to FNC's coverage, FNC may have been present but if so they didn't air it.



To: tejek who wrote (529213)11/17/2009 9:43:47 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576945
 
LA Times: George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too

November 7, 2009 | 4:28 pm


Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.

The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. With their Secret Service detail, Bush and his wife made the 30 mile trip unannounced from their ranch near Crawford, Texas Friday evening.

Fox News broke news of the visit this afternoon. Other sources said the former first couple spent about two hours meeting with the wounded, family and soldiers, talking quietly and at times hugging them as they did in private at other times of crisis such as post-9/11.
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