Bush Takes Last Air Force One Flight
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Bush Takes Last Air Force One Flight
President Bush has made his last flight on Air Force One.
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(January 11, 2009)--President George W. Bush has taken his last scheduled flight aboard Air Force One, a milestone of which he had to be reminded.

After Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration, Mr. Bush will again fly on the blue-and-white aircraft, but because he won't be president, it won't carry the Air Force One designation.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said she doesn't think, "It had dawned on him that it was his last flight on Air Force One."

The president's last trip was to Norfolk, Va., where he commissioned the Navy's newest ship, the USS George H. W. Bush, named after his father.

After landing, First Lady Laura Bush, their daughters, Barbara Bush and Jenna Hager, and her husband, Henry Hager, joined the president in thanking the dozens of flight attendants, maintenance workers and others who handle everything from food to fuel for Air Force One.

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Posted by: Southern "Soldier" Jim Location: Fairfax Virginia on Jan 21, 2009 at 07:35 AM

When President Bush gave his televised farewell address to the nation the other night, I stood in the middle of my living room and saluted the Commander-in-Chief on my T.V. set. Thank God we had a President with the "guts" to do what needed to be done after 9/11. I've served in combat in Afghanistan and I can only hope that the military will stay strong under Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (Who, thankfully was retained by President Obama). Now is not the time to stop fighting and come running home. We need to finish what we started in an orderly fashion. I pray that the military does not return to the, "Hollow Force" draw-down days of the Clinton Era, but you have to wonder where President Obama is going to get all this stimulus money from. Everyone knows these wars are costing taxpayers a fortune. Only time will tell. To President Bush: "Thanks for a job well done and God Bless you." To all Patriotic Americans, thanks for your support of the troops! We love ya'll.
Posted by: Patriot Location: Texas on Jan 14, 2009 at 01:10 PM

Of course... never a thought that this president has taken on more for our nation than any other president in modern times....(inherited recession, a terrorist attack on our homeland, two wars, a democrat caused mortgage meltdown that is the SOLE cause of the bad economy, which no analyist denies). Rachel hun, take your xanax. Diablow, you are an "error".....
Posted by: Just sayin is all Location: Ft Hood on Jan 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM

TO Fred: Well put. To Bri: Sounds good...lol
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