3 December 2004. Add photos of John Kerry and Ted Kennedy and zero attendance for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Michael Moore and Rudolph Giuliani.

28 November 2004

A. writes:

In the article about officials that have attended funerals of soldiers, you have pictures of Oregon's Gov. Ted Kulongoski attending 3 of them.  He may not have been pictured, but he has attended the majority of funerals of Oregon soldiers.  I'm not sure of the total,but the article I have included dated in October says he has attended 26 so far.  He is a former marine and feels it is important to support the families. I know the article was only on officials that have been pictured, but I feel what  Gov. Ted Kulongoski has been doing to support the Oregon troops and families should be mentioned.

http://www.katu.com/team2/story.asp?ID=71599

27 November 2004

This is a tabulation of Bush Administration war officials and others who have not appeared in the Associated Press archive of photographs of funerals of US military war dead from March 1, 2003 to December 2, 2004.

A search was made of the Associated Press archives online at the New York Public Library on November 26, 2004 and December 2, 2004 (library membership required for access).

Some officials may have attended funerals but were not publicly photographed. Bush's lack of attendance at military funerals has been reported by the White House to be avoidance of disrupting a solemn private occasion. Still, the military provides highly visible assistance to families of the dead, including honor guards, casualty assistance teams, and occasional attendance by two-star-officers. State governors often attend military burials. Burial at Arlington National Cemetary, which adjoins the Pentagon, is often attended by national-level officials.

During the period searched, celebrity funerals were attended by numerous Bush administration and national-level officials, despite -- or because of -- the attention-getting disruption caused.

The AP archive of funeral photographs reveals that fewer than 10% are US military dead, many more are the result of military, terrorist, criminal, accidental and natural causes -- the grief displayed is universal and few want to see it, especially those who are the cause.

Cryptome welcomes pointers to photographs of senior Bush administration and other national-level officials attending military funerals. Send to jya@pipeline.com

On Friday morning, March 21, 2003, President George W. Bush meets with his war council in the Situation Room of the White House. Present at the table are, from foreground, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, CIA Director George Tenet, Chief of Staff Andy Card, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard B. Myers. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush talks with the press during a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office Friday, March 21, 2003. Pictured with the President are, from left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Vice President Dick Cheney. White House photo by Paul Morse
War Official	Photographed at Military Funerals
President George W. Bush	0
Chief of Staff Andy Card	0
Vice President Richard Cheney	0
Secretary of State Colin Powell	0
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld DoD News Briefing Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and General Richard Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 2:30 p.m. EST             SEC. RUMSFELD: As our country prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, we will take time to remember the truly outstanding men and women in uniform who continue to bring the hope of freedom to millions around the world.  We thank them.  We thank their families and their loved ones.  And we will particularly remember the families and loved ones of those who have given their lives in service to our country and those in hospitals, whether in Germany or here in the Washington area or elsewhere around our country, who are recovering from their wounds.  They will all be in our thoughts and prayers.	0
Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, right, consoles Andrew Buehring, 9, during a funeral ceremony for his father, Lt. Col. Charles Buehring, Monday, Nov. 17, 2003 in Arlington National Cemetery. Buehring was fatally injured during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad on Oct 26. Seated with Buehring is his older brother Nicholas, 12, left, and his mother Alicia Buehring, second right. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)	1
Secretary of the Army Senator John Warner Representative Eric Cantor Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee, greets Emma Louise Teal, during the funeral ceremony for her son, Capt. John Teal, at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003. Seated at left is his father, Joseph Teal. Standing at right is Sen. John Warner, R-Va., and Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., center. Teal, 31, from Montpelier, Va., who was based at Fort Hood and worked as a medical officer with the 4th Infantry Division, was killed Oct. 23, when a mine exploded outside Baqouba, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	1 1 1
National Security Advisor Condolezza Rice	0
CIA Director George Tenet	0
CIA Director Porter Goss	0
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers DoD News Briefing Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and General Richard Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 2:30 p.m. EST.             GEN. MYERS:  Let me just add on to what the secretary just said.  I want to express the condolences of all the joint chiefs of staff to those who have been killed or wounded, to their families, their loved ones, their friends, over this entire global war on terrorism.  As the secretary said, they're doing what they do so we can live in this country, our friends and allies can live in peace and freedom.  So we owe them a real debt of gratitude, and we will remember them, especially as this holiday season progresses.	0
Defense Policy Board Members	0
Douglas Feith	0
Richard Perle	0
Others
Supreme Court Justices	0
Secretaries of the Cabinet-Level Departments	0
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert	0
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi	0
John Kerry Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., standing, second from left, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., standing center, look on as Staff Sgt. Charles Dorsey presents an American flag to Penelope Gavriel, and family, during funeral services for her son Marine Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of Haverhill, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Gavriel was killed last month during intense fighting outside Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	1
Senatory Ted Kennedy With his wife Vicky Reggie Kennedy looking on, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., consoles Shannon Enos, wife of Sgt. Peter Enos, of South Dartmouth, Mass., during Enos' funeral at Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, April 26, 2004. Gerald Enos, father of Sgt. Peter Enos sits at right. Enos died on April 9, 2004, in Bayji, Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol vehicle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)	2
Massachusetts Govenor Mit Romney Rhode Island Govenor Donald Carcieri Senator Jack Reed Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty Dignitaries, from left, Massachusetts Gov. Mit Romney, Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri, Sen. Jack Reed D-R.I. and Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty stand with their hands over their hearts as the casket of Rhode Island National Guardman Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara is placed inside a hearse following funeral services at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in New Bedford, Mass., Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Camara was killed while on duty in Iraq. Camara was also a New Bedford police officer. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho)	1 1 1 1
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty Gov. Tim Pawlenty pays his respects to Staff Sgt. Dale Panchot during a funeral at the Northome School, Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, in Northome, Minn. Pawlenty was among the speakers at the military funeral. Panchot died Nov. 17, 2003, in the city of Balad, north of Baghdad, when the Bradley Fighting Vehicle on which he was squad leader was attacked. (AP Photo/Bemidji Pioneer, Molly Miron)	1
Oregon Govenor Ted Kulongoski Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski speaks during the funeral for Lance Cpl. James G. Huston Jr., Saturday, July 10. 2004, at Hermiston, Ore. Huston was killed July 2 while responding to hostile action in Iraq. (AP Photo/East Oregonian, E.J. Harris) Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski speaks, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, at the funeral for Sgt. Benjamin Isenberg in Sheridan, Ore. Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday at a Sheridan church to remember an Oregon National Guard soldier killed earlier this month in Iraq. Isenberg, 27, of Sheridan, died on Sept. 13 from injuries received when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb explosion while on patrol in Iraq. (AP Photo/News Register, Chrissy Ragulsky) Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, at podium, addresses family and friends gathered at New Hope Church for a funeral service for Sgt. David W. Johnson, killed in Iraq on September 25, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, in Oregon City, Ore. David's treasured motorcycle in the foreground. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bob Ellis)	26
Oklahoma Govenor Brad Henry speaks at the funeral services for Army Spc. Kyle Brinlee, at the Pryor High School auditorium in Pryor, Okla., Wednesday, May 19, 2004. Brinlee, 21, died May 11, when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was the first Oklahoma National Guard member killed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)	1
Arizona Govenor Janet Napolitano Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano speaks at the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams Thursday, April 17, 2003, in Phoenix. Williams was killed near Nasiriyah, Iraq in March when his unit was ambushed after being lost in a sand storm.(AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)	1
Texas Govenor Rick Perry Texas Gov. Rick Perry, second from right, attends the funeral of Capt. Ernesto Manuel Blanco-Caldas at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2003. Blanco-Caldas, 28, was killed when an explosive device struck his vehicle Dec. 28 in Qarat Ash Shababi, Iraq. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)	1
Connecticut Govenor John Rowland Connecticut Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell Connecticut Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell, left, and Gov. John Rowland, center, are greeted by military personnel in front of the Holy Family Church in Enfield, Conn., Wednesday, April 2, 2003, where they attended the funeral for Marine Gunnery Sgt. Philip A. Jordan. Jordan, 42, who had recently moved to Enfield with his wife and son, was among nine Marines killed March 23 in an ambush outside Nasiriyah. (AP Photo/Carla M. Cataldi)	1 1
Montana Govenor Judy Martz Military pallbearers carry Pfc. Owen Witt's casket from the Garfield County High School after funeral services Saturday morning, June 5, 2004, in Jordan, Mont. Montana Gov. Judy Martz, front left, waits near the hearse for the group to arrive. Witt, 20, was killed May 24 in an armored vehicle rollover in Dwar, Iraq. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Bob Zellar)	1
Kansas Govenor Kathleen Sebelius Gov. Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Army Pvt. Jeremy Drexler's funeral Thursday, May, 13, 2004, in Topeka, Kan. Drexler was killed May 2 when his convoy was attacked in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Topeka Capital-Journal, Mike Shepherd)	1
South Dakota Govenor Mike Rounds South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, foreground, joins others in paying their last respects to Capt. Christopher Soelzer at the conclusion of the funeral service Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, in Sturgis, S.D. Soelzer was killed by a bomb in Iraq on Christmas Eve. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Steve McEnroe)	1
North Dakota Govenor John Hoeven North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, right, presents a special merit award to Kenneth Wentz, center, and Joyce Wentz, third from right, during the funeral for their son, Spc. Cody Wentz , 21, of Williston, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at the Phil Jackson Field House in Williston, N.D. Wentz died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, when an explosive detonated near his Humvee near Balad in Iraq. (AP Photo/The Williston Herald, Tim Pederson)	1
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell	0
Random Others
CEOs of Defense Industries	0
Heads of US Non-Governmental Organizations	0
Presidents of 1000s of US Universities	1-2
Heads of 100s of US Religious Organizations	1-2
Jesse Jackson	0
Jesse Ventura	0
Ralph Nader	0
Ralph Reed	0
Dan Rather	0
Robert Novak	0
George Soros	0
George Will	0
Bill O'Reilly	0
Al Franken	0
Laura Ingraham	0
Hillary Clinton	0
Bill Moyers	0
Pat Robertson	0
Jon Stewart	0
Tucker Carlson	0
Michael Moore	0
Rudolph Giuliani	0
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge	0
Homeland Security Secretary Nominee Bernard Kerik	0
Cryptome	0
And so on, across the entire pro- and anti-war spectrum	0