November 20, 2004
LINE OF FIRE:
Bush comes to aid of Secret Service agent (AP, November 20, 2004)
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.
Abandoning the other three, Bush walked over to the agents, reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum.
The president, looking irritated, walked away with the agent. The incident was shown on APEC television.
Was it Sadie Hawkins Day for the Secret Service? Posted by Orrin Judd at November 20, 2004 8:09 PM
Don't these idiots coordinate anything?
Posted by: Bart at November 20, 2004 8:27 PMWhich idiots?
Posted by: at November 20, 2004 8:39 PMWell, at least the Secret Service agent did not take did he whine: "That SOB. I can get out of my own fracas."
Posted by: Moe from NC at November 20, 2004 8:41 PMGood thing this isn't in Canada, or they'd be spending the next year with "The APEC Investigation: Part II" over who was to blame.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at November 20, 2004 9:30 PMWhile I commend the Pres. for watching out for his people (loyalty, I suppose) does he not get the concept of security? He is, after all, the PRES. of the U.S.!
Posted by: Gurlll at November 20, 2004 9:47 PM'twas cowboy instincts shining through again. Where did he think he was, a Pistons-Pacers game?
Posted by: Dave at November 20, 2004 10:03 PMToo bad he can't debate like that.
Posted by: Randall Voth at November 21, 2004 9:44 AMIs it possible the President whispered something to the Chileans in Spanish?
Posted by: jim hamlen at November 21, 2004 12:20 PM