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USA Today
November 30, 2006
Pg. 8
Sen.-elect Jim Webb and President Bush had a chilly exchange over the Iraq war and Webb's Marine son, the Virginia Democrat said. In an interview Wednesday, Webb recalled Bush asking, during a White House reception two weeks ago, “How's your boy?”
“I told him I'd like to get them out of Iraq,” Webb said. “ ‘That's not what I asked. How's your boy?' ” Bush replied, according to Webb. He said Bush got a response similar to what reporters and others who have asked about Lance Cpl. Jimmy Webb, 24, since the young man left for Iraq around Labor Day: “I told him that was between my boy and me.” The White House had no comment. It did not dispute an account of the exchange in Wednesday's Washington Post.
November 30, 2006
Pg. 8
Sen.-elect Jim Webb and President Bush had a chilly exchange over the Iraq war and Webb's Marine son, the Virginia Democrat said. In an interview Wednesday, Webb recalled Bush asking, during a White House reception two weeks ago, “How's your boy?”
“I told him I'd like to get them out of Iraq,” Webb said. “ ‘That's not what I asked. How's your boy?' ” Bush replied, according to Webb. He said Bush got a response similar to what reporters and others who have asked about Lance Cpl. Jimmy Webb, 24, since the young man left for Iraq around Labor Day: “I told him that was between my boy and me.” The White House had no comment. It did not dispute an account of the exchange in Wednesday's Washington Post.