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We have some sad news coming
out of Iraq this morning,
where military officials
are announcing,
the death of Liberty,
the US Army's Mascot,
killed by a road side bomb.
The big, lovable dog,
became a national celebrity
when he deployed in 2
the spirit of our soldiers overseas.
Right. Whether riling up soldiers
involved in a long fire fight,
or just adding a little humor to a
midnight raid on a terrorist hide out,
Liberty's floppy ears and goofy
grin always made us laugh
amid the harsh images of war.
He was truly the nation's top dog.
More that 5
Americans voted for Liberty
in the online mascot
selection contest
sponsored by the DOD.
Yes, this freedom loving canine
won out in the final runoff
edging out brigadier Baboon,
D'Angelo the Streetwise Elk,
who was a technological specialist,
and Private First Class
Jeffrey Bison.
After his first tour
ended in 2
Liberty was redeployed
with a new mission
to put a positive spin
on the conflict
and improve the flagging
public image of the war at home.
Right, and here today now,
we'll never forget our
studio visit from Liberty
when he was on his
nation-wide tour
right after the Abu Ghraib scandal.
So now, despite all these allegations,
you're here to remind us that our soldiers
are doing their dog-on best
over their in Iraq. Right?
Yeah.
As the war moved
into it's fourth year
Liberty's mission was
refocused again
to cheering up Iraqis
and creating goodwill
between waring
Shiites and Sunnis.
Now, we did see a little less of the
big lovable dog in 2
after the Pentagon
cut his funding,
but Liberty persevered,
apparently creating his own website
where he asked his fans
back home to help him out
and send him ammunition for
his trademark marshmallow gun.
And then, yesterday his
career ended in heroics.
When doing a cartwheel
he accidentally tripped
on an improvised explosive device.
Liberty will be buried at
Arlington National Cemetery
tomorrow morning.
Liberty was posthumanusly
awarded a giant foam replica
of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
He'll be missed.
Liberty
2
One Patriotic puppy
Still ahead this hour...
suicide prevented by video
of kittens riding Roomba.
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