Pickering's most memorable moment

From: Perry, Brian
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: Pickering on his most meaningful experience in Congress

Chip Pickering sat down with the Madison County Journal last week and I expect we’ll see additional coverage, but I wanted to share this editorial appearing in the Neshoba County Democrat and the Madison County Journal this week. During the interview, Jim Prince asked Chip what his most memorable moment in Congress had been, and Chip talked about the memorial service for Joshua Ladd and Matthew Stovall killed in Iraq. I spoke with Jim later and he said that memorial event was very powerful for him as well and that he thinks of Ladd and Stovall every time he sees his press run and remembers that his freedoms aren’t free. I mentioned to Jim that he could see how it impacted Chip during the interview, that you could see the emotion in Chip’s face and eyes. Jim said he didn’t see, because he was unable to look up as Chip was speaking and retain his own emotional composure. Here are the editorials.

Neshoba Democrat: Remembering Matt and Josh
http://www.neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?
SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=16089&TM=35547.84

Madison County Journal: American heroes
http://www.onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&
ArticleID=19836&TM=35590.7

Brian Perry
Communications Director
Congressman Chip Pickering (Miss-3)