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| Obama Scrubs Visit to See Troops in Germany -- "Inappropriate" |
| 2008-07-24 |
| The German magazine Der Spiegel is reporting on line that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. has "cancelled a planned short visit to the Rammstein and Landstuhl U.S. military bases in the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The visits were planned for Friday." "Barack Obama will not be coming to us," a spokesperson for the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl told Der Spiegel. "I don't know why." Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs told us in a statement, "During his trip as part of the CODEL to Afghanistan and Iraq, Senator Obama visited the combat support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad and had a number of other visits with the troops. For the second part of his trip, the senator wanted to visit the men and women at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to express his gratitude for their service and sacrifice. The senator decided out of respect for these servicemen and women that it would be inappropriate to make a stop to visit troops at a U.S. military facility as part of a trip funded by the campaign." UPDATE: The McCain campaign issued the following comment on Obama's decision to cancel a visit to the troops at Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany today: "Barack Obama is wrong. It is never 'inappropriate' to visit our men and women in the military," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers. I read today, that from the 9000 soldiers at the Kuwait base, only 200 showed up! Wonder if that has anything to do with it? |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #2 "Barack Obama will not be coming to us," a spokesperson for the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl told Der Spiegel. "I don't know why."</I> He didn't want to see anymore AFN FOX News? Shooting hoops at the hotel is much more rewarding, especially if you're suffering from an extreme case of the arss. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-24 20:31 |
| #1 I thought the trip was NOT funded by the campaign, but was part of one of the usual Congressional |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-24 16:47 |