just an FYI, old Reuters - White House officials meet anti-war protesters

[steve2470]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=130366+06-Aug-2005+RTRS&srch=sheehan

OLD article but FYI..........



Sat Aug 6, 2005 6:39 PM ET

(Recasts with White House officials meeting mothers)

By Steve Holland

CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 6 (Reuters) - About 70 anti-war protesters shouting "bring the troops home" from Iraq gathered near President George W. Bush's ranch on Saturday, prompting two White House officials to come out to meet with mothers who lost children in combat in Iraq.

National Security Adviser Steven Hadley and Deputy White House chief of staff Joe Hagin listened to the concerns of Cindy Sheehan and five or six other mothers in a meeting that lasted about 45 minutes, White House spokesman Trent Duffy said. Duffy said Sheehan told the two officials she appreciated the meeting.

"I want to ask the president, why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?" Sheehan, 48, Vacaville, California, told reporters before meeting with Hadley and Hagin. Sheehan blames Bush for the death of her son, Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, 24, killed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad.

The protest coincided with release of a Newsweek poll that said 61 percent of Americans disapproved of the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq. The poll came after more than two dozen Americans were killed in the past week in Iraq.

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[merwin]

1. That says August 6

[Just Me]

2. That's not an update and should be deleted. n/t

[steve2470]

3. update was in the original title but i'll delete it nt

[Peace Patriot]

4. They're right, it's not an update, but I hadn't caught this article before

...so for thanks, on behalf of us latecomers.

Interesting how Reuters frames the story re 61% of Americans disapproving of the Bush Cartel's war. You rarely see truthtul framing like from U.S. news monopolies--the buggers.

By the way, my favorite all time stat: 58% of the American people opposed the Iraq war BEFORE the invasion. I'll never forget that number. Feb. '03. We weren't fooled. We were DISENFRANCHISED!