Letter From Young Marine Due to Return to Iraq in April

link to letter

Philip Martin has been a Marine for 2 years. He is in the infantry (a "grunt"), and spent 7 months in the al-Anbar province of Iraq. He went on more than 180 combat patrols in and outside of the city of Fallujah, where he was hit with 2 IEDs (luckily never injured) and was involved in a number of firefights. He is currently stationed in Twentynine Palms, CA, and due to return to Iraq for a second deployment in April 2007. He is 21-years-old.

Barney's Holiday Extravaganza (the 1st dog)

Straight from the White House home page.





Mrs. Laura Bush poses with Barney, Miss Beazley and the family cat Willie, nicknamed “Kitty,” Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, next to the White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room.

A 9 minute video starring President Bush, Mrs. Bush, Barney, Miss Beazley, Kitty, Karl Rove, Dolly Parton and the United States Marine Corps Band.

But it's really Barney's show.And some very nice Christmas music!