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On Secret Iraq Trip, Bush Pays Holiday Visit to G.I.'s
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Nov 28, 2003 11:54am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Friday, November 28, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In one of the most secretive presidential trips in American history, George W. Bush flew to Baghdad under intense security on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with United States troops and to thank them for standing up against the "band of thugs and assassins" they are fighting in Iraq.
Mr. Bush, the first American president to visit Iraq, was the surprise guest at a Thanksgiving dinner in the mess hall at Baghdad International Airport, where he told about 600 stunned, whooping soldiers from the First Armored Division and the 82nd Airborne that he was happy to be with them — "I was just looking for a warm meal somewhere" — and that he was grateful for their service.
As Mr. Bush spoke in Baghdad, his parents, wife and two daughters awoke at the president's ranch in Crawford, Tex., where they had gathered to spend Thanksgiving.
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