Stevens to Join Bush in Alaska = BUT, does Bush know about it?

[L. Coyote]

Stevens to Join Bush in Alaska
August 04, 2008 - http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/stevens-to-join.html


ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: Embattled Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska will be with President Bush in Fairbanks, Alaska tonight.

Bush stops in Alaska before heading on to Bangkok, Seoul, and Beijing for the Olympics. Bush will give remarks to troops at Eielson AFB and sources say Stevens will be at the base with Bush. This is the first time Stevens will be seen with the president since he was indicted last week.

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On Friday, Press Secretary Dana Perino seemed unaware if Stevens would be in Alaska with the president but said Stevens was still invited if he wanted to come.

"I don’t know if he (Stevens) is going to be going on that trip but protocol is that any member of a state is invited to travel with the president and that did not change in his case," Perino told reporters.

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1. President To Appear With Sen. Stevens In Alaska Despite Indictment

President To Appear With Sen. Stevens In Alaska Despite Indictment
By Kate Klonick - August 4, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/president_to_appear-with.php

Oh, the things you can do as a lame-duck president.

Despite Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indictment last week on seven counts of false statements, President Bush is keeping their scheduled meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska today.

The two are set to meet at 4 PM AKDT (Alaska Daily Time, which is four hours behind EDT) at Eielson Air Force Base, Stevens' scheduler confirmed to TPMmuckraker.

The event with the president, who is stopping over in Alaska on his way to Beijing for the Olympics ............