HELEX
04-23-2004, 03:34 PM
It is impossible to top this level of hypocrisy... :cantbeli:
Bush said moved by casket photos
Duffy: 'We must pay attention to the privacy of the families'
Friday, April 23, 2004 Posted: 2:34 PM EDT (1834 GMT)
NAPLES, Florida (CNN) -- President Bush has seen the photographs of caskets of slain U.S. military personnel returning from Iraq and was "moved" by them, according to a White House spokesman, who defended the policy against making such pictures public.
"We must pay attention to the privacy of the families, that's what the policy is based on," White House Spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters, calling that "our first priority."
Photographs of flag-draped coffins of American casualties in Iraq were released by the Air Force in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, and were posted on a Web site. (Gallery: Photos from Dover Air Force Base)
The Pentagon said the photos should not have been released. (Full story)
"The interest of the families in these tough times, that's what the policies are grounded in," Duffy said.
He said the images are a stark reminder of the sacrifices American men and women have given to protect freedom, and said those sacrifices are why the United States "must win."
Recently, a military contractor fired a cargo worker for taking a photograph of coffins on board a cargo plane that was about to depart Kuwait in violation of the no-pictures rule.
The picture was published in the Seattle Times newspaper.
Bush said moved by casket photos
Duffy: 'We must pay attention to the privacy of the families'
Friday, April 23, 2004 Posted: 2:34 PM EDT (1834 GMT)
NAPLES, Florida (CNN) -- President Bush has seen the photographs of caskets of slain U.S. military personnel returning from Iraq and was "moved" by them, according to a White House spokesman, who defended the policy against making such pictures public.
"We must pay attention to the privacy of the families, that's what the policy is based on," White House Spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters, calling that "our first priority."
Photographs of flag-draped coffins of American casualties in Iraq were released by the Air Force in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, and were posted on a Web site. (Gallery: Photos from Dover Air Force Base)
The Pentagon said the photos should not have been released. (Full story)
"The interest of the families in these tough times, that's what the policies are grounded in," Duffy said.
He said the images are a stark reminder of the sacrifices American men and women have given to protect freedom, and said those sacrifices are why the United States "must win."
Recently, a military contractor fired a cargo worker for taking a photograph of coffins on board a cargo plane that was about to depart Kuwait in violation of the no-pictures rule.
The picture was published in the Seattle Times newspaper.