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Bush designates Wednesday as POW recognition day
Associated Press ^
| 4-8-03
Posted on 04/08/2003 4:34:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush designated Wednesday as a day of national recognition for former U.S. prisoners of war and pledged to work for the safe return of Americans captured in the Iraq war.
"These brave men and women in uniform follow in the footsteps of these former POWs who placed country above self to advance peace in a troubled world," Bush said in the proclamation he issued Tuesday.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Free Republic; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: formerpows; iraqifreedom; mia; pow; veterans
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And what about the POW/MIA's from Korea & Viet Nam. Semper Fi
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posted on
04/08/2003 4:35:20 PM PDT
by
kellynla
( "C" 1/5 1st Mar Div '69 & '70 An Hoa, Viet Nam Semper Fi)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; AntiJen; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; radu; TEXOKIE; bentfeather; Bethbg79
Bump
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posted on
04/08/2003 4:42:52 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(If we need a sample of Saddam's DNA we can scrape it off Jacques Chirac's lips.)
To: SAMWolf
Thank you for the ping Sam. :-)
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posted on
04/08/2003 4:50:28 PM PDT
by
Bethbg79
(God bless America and her Military!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; SAMWolf
bump
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Bump. Anyone heard this on the TV news?
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posted on
04/08/2003 6:54:41 PM PDT
by
unspun
(One Way.)
To: unspun
I've been flipping between the cable news networks and the story de jour is dead journalists at the Palesting hotel.
Not a word about POW Day.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/08/2003 10:04:15 PM PDT
by
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
(God Bless and Protect our military and our allies military.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Great, another holiday for all the bureaucrats to take off while we vets work.
Bush's heart sure is in the right place, though.
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posted on
04/08/2003 11:56:29 PM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(Proud USMC Gulf War Grunt !)
To: SENTINEL
National recognition is not the same as a national holiday.
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posted on
04/09/2003 11:08:12 AM PDT
by
Ruth A.
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