Grief and Sacrifice Reach Into the Halls of Congress

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We loved him dearly, and we’ll miss him more than words can ever express,” said a man from Montana on Tuesday upon learning that his nephew had been killed in Iraq.

Words like those have been uttered thousands of times in big cities and tiny towns, heard mostly by friends and relatives. But the man from Montana is Senator Max Baucus, so his words attracted more notice.

Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus of the Marine Corps, dead at 28, was “like a son to Senator Baucus,” Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said Tuesday on the Senate floor.

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A White House aide, who requested anonymity because his information was preliminary, said Wednesday that he knew of no top Bush administration official who had a relative who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/washington/03family.html?_r=1&ref=washington&oref=slogin

[Erika]

1. A chickenhawk administration allowing their own to serve?

They are the elitists. They start wars, they and theirs will never serve. To quote Cheney "They have other priorities"

You ever heard of the Bush tribe, Rush, Savage, Hannity, etc to serve? No.

[aquart]

2. Well, how about a low level Bush official?

Any of them have relatives serving overseas?

[Karmakaze]

3. Do any of the Republicans in Congress have family in Iraq?

Or Afghanistan?