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"This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 782422.stm

> One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House from
> Across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a bench. He spoke to
> the US Marine standing guard and said, 'I would like to go in and meet with
> President Bush.'
>
> The Marine looked at the man and said, 'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer President
> and no longer resides here.'
>
> The old man said, 'Okay', and walked away.
>
> The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
> same Marine, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.' The
> Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer
> President and no longer resides here.'
>
> The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
>
> The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very
> same U.S. Marine, saying 'I would like to go in and meet with President
> Bush.' The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man
> and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in row you have been here asking to
> speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the
> President and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?'
>
> The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand. I just love
> hearing it.'
>
> The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, 'See you tomorrow, Sir.
>