HISTORY IN THE MAKING MILITARY BLOGGERS MEET THE PRESIDENT

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“I looked at my schedule today, and I found it interesting that I would be sitting down with bloggers.”

-- President George W. Bush.

For the first time in history, a sitting President met with a group of military bloggers (probably ANY group of bloggers). No other media were present and no press releases were given to announce the meeting before or afterwards.

THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9 PM ET ON MY PROGRAM on WDBO Steve Schippert and CJ Grisham -- two of ten military bloggers who were invited to the White House for a sit down meeting with the President -- will tell us about their Great Adventure at the Oval Office.

MILITARY BLOGGER STEVE SCHIPPERT MEETS THE PRESIDENT

"It is surreal to me that an Illinois farm kid finds himself - with absolutely no traditional pedigree beyond sweat, focus and self-study - seated in the Roosevelt Room with the President of the United States discussing the direction, progress and challenges as we see them in a conflict that history will reflect defines this generation."

-- Steve Schippert (who was seated at President's right, his back to the camera), contributing blogger at ThreatsWatch.org and The Tank at National Review Online.

Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal and Bill Ardolino of INDC Journal attended via video teleconference from Baghdad. Those seated in the Roosevelt Room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing were The Armorer of Argghhh!, Matt Burden of Blackfive, Mrs. Greyhawk of Mudville Gazette (whose husband "Greyhawk" was attending to the nation’s business in Iraq), NZ Bear of the TTLB and the Victory Caucus , Steve Schippert of Threats Watch, Ward Carroll of Military.Com and Mohammed of Iraq the Model.

MILITARY BLOGGER CJ GRISHAM MEETS THE PRESIDENT

"I kept my eyes on the President almost the entire time. He made sure that he kept eye contact with us as he spoke. There wasn’t a person in that room who wasn’t included in his speech. President Bush spoke candidly to us. He didn’t speak at us and he didn’t speak down to us. He treated us like respectful Americans. When he spoke of his father’s WWII service, he literally teared up. Being right next to him, I caught a single tear attempt to roll down his left cheek before he casually wiped it away."

-- CJ Grisham of A Soldier's Perspective

*** HAPPY MILBLOGGERS ***

ALSO JOINING US ON THE PROGRAM

Why are we still unprepared for terrorist attacks? Homeland security analyst COL. RANDALL J. LARSEN on our government’s homeland security failures and stunning revelations about the October 2001 anthrax attacks.

and...

Is Newt Gingrich running for President? Gingrich Communications Director RICK TYLER with the inside scoop.

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