White House reminds media about 2004 meeting to justify why Bush won't come out...
Published on August 08, 2005
by OfficialWire NewsDesk
(OfficialWire)
CRAWFORD, TX
While George W. Bush is hold-up at his sprawling ranch, safe from his many critics, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Casey, a fallen U.S. soldier, has pledged to hold a roadside peace protest near Bush's Crawford ranch until he talks to her...until he comes out.
A Bush administration official told reporters that the president had already met with Sheehan back in 2004, in an effort to explain why he would not come out.
During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer Sunday afternoon, Sheehan admitted that she had met with the president shortly after her son died.
Sheehan was among about 15 other families of soldiers killed in Iraq who were invited to meet with Bush in June 2004 near Seattle, Washington.
According to Sheehan, Bush bounced into the private meeting in a jovial mood, as though he was attending a party and said: "Now, who are we honoring today...?" as he entered the room, signifying that he didn't even know who he was about to meet.
The meeting with Bush occurred two months after her son Casey was killed in Sadr City on April 4, 2004.
"I was still in shock then," Sheehan said. "Now, I'm angry. I want the troops home.
Sheehan said she plans to continue her vigil until she gets to talk to Bush. "I'll follow him to D.C.," she said.
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While George W. Bush is hold-up at his sprawling ranch, safe from his many critics, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Casey, a fallen U.S. soldier, has pledged to hold a roadside peace protest near Bush's Crawford ranch until he talks to her...until he comes out.
