Meeting President Bush

Deborah Tainsh January 17, 2007
Except for the men and women in uniform who have pledged to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic, I've never been star struck. So when my husband, Sergeant Major David Tainsh USMC (Ret.), and I, parents of fallen hero Army Sergeant Patrick Tainsh, received the invitation to meet with President Bush on January 11 at Fort Benning, I told the caller I had a conflict. I was scheduled to be in California that day meeting with other very important people: 100 family members of other fallen heroes.