Bush comes to aid of Secret Service agent

AP ^ | 11/20/2004 | AP staff

[wjersey]

President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush.

[mailbox1282000]

President Bush is packing. The bulge in back of his suit from the debates was part of the shoulder strap of the holster apparatus.

[alpha-8-25-02]

IN TOTAL AGREEMENT!
GODSPEED!

[TexasTransplant]

Bush may not be a Texan by birth, but he's a Texan alright

 

I am not a Texan by birth, but President Bush keeps raising the bar for all of us, Natural Born or not.

We are up to it.  We welcome it, America welcomes the challenge (well the Red States anyway)

[bd476]

Hope he is not reprimanded in any way. Welcome to Free Republic. Cool nickname.

[Lady Jag]

I love that pic,,Laura is wondering if she can have one of each and how many calories they are!

She is truly beautiful. She looks amazing in almost every photo I've ever seen of her. Like the pic I posted, she has a karma, some sort of composure that is powerfully beautiful

[Ladysmith]

Amen!

[treeclimber]

Whata man!!!
Whata Texan!!!


Dont mess with Texas...

[timbuck2]

100 SS guys are never going to protect the pres all by themselves if the host country's security people are not assisting. It is simply a fact. How can the SS prepare for not being admitted by the host country's own forces? Answer: they cannot other than to not travel to those countries where the host country is incapable of providing security. That is my only point.

-T

[Mo1]

The mere fact that he was impeded shoudl have been a cause for alarm..once he realized that the President was moving away from him, he should have verbally call W back..

I'm thinking something like that may have happened since the President did go back to the door

[txrangerette]

I guess you didn't see the correction about that so called agent of Laura's...some of us proved beyond doubt that that was Laura's close friend from Midland, Texas, Jan O'Neil, not a SS agent. Also, I would bet my life this woman in the photo is not with the President or Laura, could be a reporter there with press credentials, covering the story, or somebody working for the gov. of Chile, or...anything you name it, except she is not with the Bush's. She is acting on her own, whatever she is doing, and just happens to get in the photo.

OhioWfan will back me up that it was Laura's friend from Midland who was with her at the graduation.

[Finny]

Mark

[deport]

President Bush is packing.

---

You reckon he's discussing his heater?

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

No, and they could have been assassinated because they didn't have their security detail with them.

[demlosers]

Security protocols are established and coordinated well in advance of the visit..

Yes, as I read this thread, you are the first poster I see to highlight presidential security protocol procedures, the 214th post. I was wondering when someone would bring it up. :)

This was either a screw-up by some of the Chileans

The most likely answer.

It's being investigated.

Of Course.

IMHO, I believe the USSS agent acted in error, possibly egregiously. When he was confronted, and struggled, he took himself out of position to protect the President. Wha he shoudl have done, when his access was blocked, was stop, stand still,and loudly call out.."Mr President, please do NOT enter the room sir.."

A revision for the SS regulations.

[Not A Snowbird]

Really?! That would be great!

[SuziQ]

It takes a real man to do a man's business

You got THAT right!!

[kassie]

I'm so proud of our President!

[demlosers]

214th = 255th

[SevenofNine]

Yeah baby

Rackkkk the Texan Smackdown that you call Smackdown OF

Rack itttt

[treeclimber]