August 16, 2007 (LPAC)--Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton started running a campaign video in Iowa on Tuesday appealing to the vast number of Americans "who feel like they are just invisible to their government," pointedly including soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Americans from all walks of life across our country may be invisible to this President, but they are not invisible to me," she said.

The same day, the White House went ape over Senator Clinton's comments. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said: "As to the merits of it, I think its outrageous. This is a President who, first and foremost, has helped millions of seniors across the country have access to prescription drugs at a much lower cost. As to whether or not our troops are invisible to this President, I think that that is absurd and that is unconscionable that a member of Congress would say such a thing."

Senator Clinton replied, "Apparently, I have struck a nerve."

For further insight into the Bush Administration's disdain for the troops they've sent to war, see Carl Osgood's interview with veterans' advocate Steve Robinson(PDF), "It's Very Distasteful To See What's Happening to Returning Veterans" in EIR's May 11, 2007 issue.