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President Bush witnessed cannons firing, guns flinging and heavy marching at a Marines parade Friday night while visiting their barracks.
The president and his wife Laura arrived at dusk at the Marine Barracks Washington, the oldest active post of the Marine Corps, and sat front row at the football field-shaped pavilion. They and the 3,100-member audience watched lines of Marines stream onto the field in dark jackets and white pants, marching and pounding their steel-plated rifle butts on the concrete as they showed off their polished, synchronized movements.
Bush, sitting next to Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, also faced a semicircle of the U.S. Marine Band during the event as the musicians' horns and percussion instruments performed a series of marches and numbers. The roar of firing cannons filled the air after the band played "Ode to Joy."
Toward the show's end, the president heard the "Star-Spangled Banner" and then greeted Marines on the field. The Marines host a show every Friday night during the summer, with the president's visit coming on the last performance of the season.
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{"commentId":2653934,"authorDomain":"JStranahan"}
He's going into Iran between Nov 3 and Jan 19
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#1 - Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:57 PM EDT{"commentId":2654955,"authorDomain":"mjconn"}
"President Bush witnessed cannons firing, guns flinging and heavy marching..."
Wow... that's already more combat action than he ever saw in the National Guard.
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- 1 vote
#2 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:22 AM EDT{"commentId":2659861,"authorDomain":"waynester"}
But considerably less than he's been subjected to by the media, Democrats and liberals...
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2672276,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
But considerably less than he's been subjected to by the media, Democrats and liberals...
Excellent point, waynester! Besides, I didn't think liberals 'respected' or 'cared' about military service. All that matters are the "issues".... right? So why does it matter that he saw combat or not?
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2655317,"authorDomain":"aine"}
Meanwhile, my Marine Corps son texts home that he is out in the swampy bush in North Carolina, lost with three of his buddies, bleeding and being eaten alive by bugs. Semper fi, boys.
:D
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- 3 votes
#3 - Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2657066,"authorDomain":"btarl63"}
LOL. My son is ther too. He's an Instructor at camp Geiger.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":2672303,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
Semper fi! ... both of you. Parents of heroes.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2659875,"authorDomain":"waynester"}
Quite a contrast with the way Clinton was regarded by the Marines. They did only what was required by the UCMJ.
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