Let Saigon be Saigon’s -- Barnes on Bush trip to Vietnam -- you know

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this is going to be good. the late night comedians will have a field day when he goes in November.

Let Saigon be Saigon’s
By Ken Herman | Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 11:46 PM


President Bush heads to Vietnam next month, making a question about that upcoming trip a must-ask when former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes spoke at the National Press Club in Washington Wednesday evening.

It was during the 2004 campaign that Barnes acknowledged that as speaker of the Texas House he had found a National Guard slot for young George W. Bush, then the son of a Houston congressman, during the Vietnam War. Barnes said he acted at the behest of a Bush family friend.

Any advice for Bush as he prepares for his first-ever trip to Vietnam long after the Guard stint that kept him out of the war?

“It’s a lot safer than it was when he didn’t go the first time,” Barnes quipped. snip

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