JD
December 9th 03, 03:23 AM
FROM NEWSMAX.COM Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 12:44 a.m. EST
>Bagram GI: Troops Waited While Hillary Chowed Down U.S. Sen. Hillary
>Clinton forced U.S. troops stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
>to wait for their Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday while she and her
>entourage arrived late, then cut in line and were served first. A
>soldier who witnessed the scene tells NewsMax: "Thanksgiving Dinner
>started at 3 p.m. that day, so the line was forming around 2:30 p.m. She
>didn't show up until around 3:30 p.m. "Once she got there," our source
>maintains, "Clinton and her entourage bumped everyone in line, forcing
>them to wait almost an extra hour." The brass at Bagram apparently had
>a hard time rounding up New Yorkers who wanted to have dinner with
>Clinton, D-N.Y. Only six GIs responded to an e-mail sent out last week
>that stated, "Looking for military members from New York and Rhode
>Island interested in meeting their Senator/Congressman." People
>magazine was on hand to cover the event and wanted to interview the
>troops for reaction to Clinton's visit. "But they were getting declined
>left and right," our source said. "People were actually telling the
>reporters, 'You don't want to print what I think about her and her
>visit.'" After Clinton and her entourage departed, the only topics GIs
>wanted to talk about were "how great the food was and how fantastic they
>thought George Bush's visit to Iraq was."
>Bagram GI: Troops Waited While Hillary Chowed Down U.S. Sen. Hillary
>Clinton forced U.S. troops stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
>to wait for their Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday while she and her
>entourage arrived late, then cut in line and were served first. A
>soldier who witnessed the scene tells NewsMax: "Thanksgiving Dinner
>started at 3 p.m. that day, so the line was forming around 2:30 p.m. She
>didn't show up until around 3:30 p.m. "Once she got there," our source
>maintains, "Clinton and her entourage bumped everyone in line, forcing
>them to wait almost an extra hour." The brass at Bagram apparently had
>a hard time rounding up New Yorkers who wanted to have dinner with
>Clinton, D-N.Y. Only six GIs responded to an e-mail sent out last week
>that stated, "Looking for military members from New York and Rhode
>Island interested in meeting their Senator/Congressman." People
>magazine was on hand to cover the event and wanted to interview the
>troops for reaction to Clinton's visit. "But they were getting declined
>left and right," our source said. "People were actually telling the
>reporters, 'You don't want to print what I think about her and her
>visit.'" After Clinton and her entourage departed, the only topics GIs
>wanted to talk about were "how great the food was and how fantastic they
>thought George Bush's visit to Iraq was."