Bush thanks military for serving just cause

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President George W. Bush receives a farewell ceremony from the military at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 6.


Bush thanks military for serving just cause
By Darlene Superville - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jan 6, 2009 17:35:56 EST

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush said Tuesday that every U.S. military mission under his watch has been part of a just cause.

Speaking at an armed forces parade honoring his service as commander in chief, which ends in two weeks on Jan. 20, Bush acknowledged that his military decisions haven’t always been popular.

He defended his actions, which include taking the country into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and told an assemblage of troops representing all branches of the military that they have served a “just and right” cause.

“The decisions I made as your commander in chief have not always been popular,” Bush said at the ceremony inside a gymnasium at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va. “But the cause you have served has always been just and right. The missions you have carried out have always been necessary. And the work you have done has ... been every bit as courageous and idealistic as that of any generation that came before you.”

Nearly finished with his eight-year presidency, Bush has been saying his goodbyes to the uniformed men and women under his command, including recent stops in Iraq and Afghanistan and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.


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1. Just cause he said so? why just cuz?