Gunbloggers in the White House

The Armorer Meets the President!

Too cool.

Present from the White House were:

President Bush
General Lute
Kevin Sullivan
Mark Pfeifler
Dana Perino
Tony Snow.

The milbloggers present were:The Armorer of Argghhh!
Matt Burden of Blackfive
Mrs. Greyhawk of Mudville Gazette, standing in for the deployed Greyhawk
NZ Bear of the TTLB and the Victory Caucus
Steve Schippert of Threats Watch
Ward Carroll of Military.Com
A Soldier’s Perspective
Mohammed of Iraq the Model

Linking in from Iraq were:

Bill Roggio of the Long War Journal
Bill Ardolino of INDC Journal.

(I hope he invited the whole crowd to the Gunblogger Rendezvous! – Ed.)

Update I: from BLACKFIVE:

The Day I Met The President of the United States…

Posted By Blackfive

…was today.

It was an immense honor to be among the military bloggers present. Aside from John Donovan of Castle Argghhh! and Ward Carroll of Military.com, I’m not sure who else I can mention that was there.

I’ll have a bigger, more improved post about the meeting, later this week, maybe Monday. Photos too…

Yes, it was surreal sitting in a meeting with the President and then having him ask us what we thought of the Oval Office.

Too Cool!

Update II: From Bill Roggio – Long War Journal :

The Long War Journal meets President Bush

By Bill Roggio September 14, 2007 2:16 PM

 

Camp Liberty, Baghdad Province: This afternoon, The Long War Journal had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting with President George Bush and a group of select military bloggers, which including Matthew Burden from Blackfive, Mrs. Greyhawk from the Mudville Gazette, Ward Carroll from DefenseTech, and Mohammed from Iraq the Model. Bill Ardolino flew in from Fallujah and joined me at the 3rd Infantry Division headquarters at Camp Victory to conduct a video teleconference with the White House.

Update III: From INDCIraqJournal:

“I find it interesting that [I] would be sitting down with bloggers.”

A Meeting with President Bush

Posted by Bill

President Bush met with a group bloggers today in an almost hour-long discussion of the war on terror. Eight individuals attended the meeting at the White House, while Bill Roggio and I video conferenced in from Camp Victory in Baghdad.

Bush commenced the event with his oft-stated thoughts on the overall importance and strategies in various fronts of the war, with a focus on Iraq and Afghanistan, and then opened up the format to questions and discussion.

My question focused on how national political reconciliation will affect progress in the Anbar Province and Fallujah specifically, and the President’s answer honestly surprised me in its length, level of detail and grasp of events on the ground.

ONCE MORE – JUST.TOO.COOL!!

Other Articles:

BUSH MEETS WITH BLOGGER FOR FIRST TIME – Infidels Are Cool (with h/t to The Jawa Report)

Bush talks with bloggers / embeds – Michelle

Bush Meets Bloggers – LGF

PRESIDENT BUSH meets with milbloggers – InstaPundit

First Impressions of meeting with the President – Argghhh!!!

Milbloggers meet with President Bush – Gateway Pundit

A First – Daily Pundit