German Shepard, Rex Front row seat at White House speech

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WASHINGTON - First lady Laura Bush's guests at her husband's annual address to Congress certainly were diverse. One, in fact, wasn't even human

Rex, a 5-year-old German shepherd, fit in with the other Iraq war veterans who were guests of Republicans and Democrats.

Rex sniffed out bombs in Iraq. He's been the subject of congressional legislation. He's famous, and Wednesday night he became one of Mrs. Bush's guests at the State of the Union speech.

How Rex landed such a coveted seat — actually a spot in the aisle labeled "Rex" on the official seating chart — is quite a tale.

His owner, Air Force Tech Sgt. Jamie Dana, awoke in a military hospital last summer badly injured by a bomb in Iraq and crying for her bomb-sniffing dog. Someone told her Rex was dead.

Later, Dana found out that wasn't true. But it would take an act of Congress before she could take him home to Pennsylvania.

The Air Force said it had spent $18,000 training Rex and that, by statute, he needed to finish the remaining five years of his useful life before he could be adopted. Dana's congressman, Rep. John Peterson (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., helped abolish that policy in an end-of-year defense bill, the White House said.

No less interesting were the other guests of Republicans and Democrats, ranging from parents of fallen soldiers to the mayor of Washington to survivors and rescue personnel from Hurricane Katrina.

Also in Mrs. Bush's box were the family of Marine Staff Sgt. Dan Clay, 27, who was killed Dec. 1 in Fallujah.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_the_union_notebook
 
I was watching ABC during the speech and noticed a dog that was shown. Too bad Bush didn't show some humanity and publicly acknowledge the dog. Snickers was sleeping, so she didn't get to see Rex.

Thanks, Heath, for showing this!
 
pek1 said:
I was watching ABC during the speech and noticed a dog that was shown. Too bad Bush didn't show some humanity and publicly acknowledge the dog. Snickers was sleeping, so she didn't get to see Rex.

Thanks, Heath, for showing this!

How do you know President Bush did not publicly acknowledge the dog?

Maybe he planned to but saw that the dog was sleeping and had enough class to wait and report it in the news.

No sense in scaring the dog to a thunderous appaulse while the dog is sleeping. The dog may not understand the situation.

Remember this is a war dog and the war dog may wake up and respond to his dog training from the military and wartime.

The State of the Union address was a very important event.

This was off the front page of Yahoo news also,

The dog got invitied to the State of the Union address which is a very high honor.

You are welcome.
 
Heath said:
1. How do you know President Bush did not publicly acknowledge the dog?

2. The State of the Union address was a very important event.

3. The dog got invitied to the State of the Union address which is a very high honor.

You are welcome.

1. I watched the State of the Union in its entirety, he said nothing.

2. Yes, but he was less than honest to the American people: The economy of the country is not good at all, people are getting laid off and losing jobs all over.

3. If I'm not mistaken, the Secret Service also uses dogs, so this is just another event for the dog. It was still interesting that Rex was shown.
 
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