First lady: Military kids ‘serve also’

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Taylor Rice, 10, (center) shares a hug with First Lady Laura Bush after she gave Mrs. Bush a tour of the Learning Center at Andrews Air Force Base’s youth center Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. Rachel Seagraves (right) is a school-age programming assistant at the youth center.


First lady: Military kids ‘serve also’
By Emily Brown, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, December 7, 2007

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — Brook Borelli took pictures of the dog, daily routines and invented holidays like Crazy Sock Day to send to her mother, Liz, an Air Force colonel, when she deployed in Iraq in 2006.

She and her younger brother even made a pact to sleep in his bunk beds every night their mother was away.

Borelli, 12, leaned on her family and peers who shared the same experience to cope with her mom’s absence.

“I did realize how much I depended on her every day,” she said.

The strain on children and families of deployed servicemembers brought first lady Laura Bush to Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday to lead a roundtable discussion on the special needs of America’s military children.

After a tour of the youth center, Bush heard from military children, including Borelli, and leaders from youth organizations as part of the president’s Helping America’s Youth program.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50792



uhc comment: This is the obligatory Pickles Christmas tour of 2007.

[liberal N proud]

1. Military families are victims of bu$h and his illegal wars

They just keep trying to pump up that patriotic rhetoric in new ways.