Back when slick was in office, several of our Scouts, including our Son made Eagle. Its the norm for the President to send a letter of Commendation from the President to each one earning Eagle. Our Troop and many others waited until W was in office and got the letter from him instead of “IS”.
Well, when W visited the troops—which he often did in secret—you always knew he was for real. He loves those people.
Whatever my criticisms of W, I have never doubted his sincerity as CIC.
I was a Life Scout for nearly 4 years before making Eagle, which I did in 2001.
My dad jokes that I wanted to wait until BJ was out of the White House, same as what you report.
My board of review was originally set to be on 9/11/01, but it was postponed until 10/31 for obvious reasons.
By the way, my dad is responsible for soliciting the letters of Commendation from the presidents (past and present) for the upcoming Eagle Scout ceremonies. He reports that Clinton’s letters stopped coming after he was out of office. But GHWB, GWB, and Carter still send letters, and Ford did right up until his death, but not a peep from Clinton after Jan 2001.
My dad also says that some of the scouts go out of their way to tell him “by the way, if you forget to request a letter from Obama, I won’t be too upset. wink wink.”
My eldest made Eagle Scout last year. The Obama White House didn’t “do” congratulatory letters for Eagles last year. They may have changed their tune since; I really don’t know (and son doesn’t care).