Parents of fallen Marine make plea to Bush [View All]

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8/16/2005, 11:44 a.m. ET
By JOE MILICIA
The Associated Press



CLEVELAND (AP) — The parents of one of 16 Ohio-based Marines recently killed in Iraq want President Bush to take note of mounting casualties and come up with a new plan to bring the troops home.

"The war is not going well. There have to be changes made," Rosemary Palmer, mother of Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, said on Tuesday. "Bush is digging himself a foxhole. He can't do that. He's got to move on. Whether he leads them out by putting more troops on the ground or pulling them out — he can't just let it continue."

Palmer and her husband planned to hold a news conference at their home later Tuesday, a day after they buried their son, who died two weeks ago in a roadside explosion in Iraq.

"We want to point out that 30 people have died since our son. Are people listening?" Palmer said...