Posted on 12/25/2005 5:15:22 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
President Bush called nine U.S. service members deployed from Japan to the Persian Gulf yesterday to recognize their service to the nation and wish them holiday cheer.
Placing the telephone calls from his mountaintop presidential retreat at Camp David, Mr. Bush talked to eight men and one woman, a member of the Coast Guard stationed in the Gulf.
"The president wished them a Merry Christmas and thanked them for their service to our country," said White House spokesman Allen Abney. "He just wanted to tell them that he was thinking of them and their families at this holiday season and that the American people were behind them and supported their efforts overseas."
The White House did not release the names of the U.S. service members Mr. Bush called but said that, in addition to the servicewoman, the president spoke with two members of the Army and two members of the Air Force deployed in Iraq; two members of the Navy at sea; a Marine in Okinawa, Japan; and a member of the Coast Guard stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Among those joining the president and his wife, Laura, at the wooded compound in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains are Mr. Bush's father, former President George Bush; his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush; Laura Bush's mother, Jenna Welch; and the first couple's twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna.
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