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# Bush to speak at Arlington West
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/bush-to-speak-at-arlington-west/
- Published: 2007-04-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:20:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By ALLAN FINKLEDUDE Daily Mess Staff Writer*

SM BEACH President George W. Bush has decided to let bygones be bygones and has decided to visit Arlington West, the tribute erected each Sunday on Santa Monica Beach to honor soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of the conflict in 2003.

Members of the White House publicity office have been in steady contact with both Veterans for Peace and Santa Monica officials since the announcement was made last week by Tony Know, the White House’s Press Secretary.According to city officials,the White House has ordered that a banner be unfurled behind him reading: “Are you happy now?”

City officials passed a resolution last week earmarking $40,000 for crowd control during the visit scheduled to take place May 3\. Yet, during the same meeting, they also passed a resolution that officially damns the visit.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)