Conan, the courageous military dog wounded in action, received a hero's welcome at the White House on Monday:
'The ultimate fighter': Conan, the military dog wounded in Islamic State raid, gets hero's welcome at White HouseWASHINGTON – Conan, the courageous military dog wounded in action, got his closeup – and a hero’s welcome – at the White House on Monday.
Just a month after the pooch was wounded in the U.S special operations raid that killed the leader of the Islamic State, President Donald Trump feted the Belgian Malinois as “an extraordinary dog” during a canine meet-the-press event in the White House Rose Garden.The dog, escorted by a handler and showing no visible signs of his injuries, calmly nuzzled Vice President Mike Pence as cameras clicked and Trump praised“Conan did a fantastic job,” Trump said. “Conan is a tough cookie.
Conan's name had been kept a secret until Trump appeared to disclose the information on Twitter earlier this month. Earlier, Trump shared an altered photograph that depicted him bestowing a medal on the dog.At the White House, Trump gave Conan a real medal and presented him with a plaque during a meeting with other special forces members involved in the October raid.There had been concerns that Conan might not recover from“Conan is really a hero,” Pence said.
But is Conan a boy or a girl? The canine's gender was the source of some confusion among White House officials. Trump used male pronouns when referring to the dog. White House officials initially said Conan was a girl, but later clarified that the canine is male.K9 Conan, the military dog that assisted Special Forces sodiers in the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, poses for photographs with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and first lady Melania Trump on the White House Rose Garden colonnade on Nov. 25, 2019.
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