Local Military Wife Supports Cindy Sheehan

WorldNow and WISH-TV, Indianapolis
Aug 11, 2005, 07:20 PM

Cindy Sheehan

A fallen soldier's mother has been camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch since Saturday, protesting the war in Iraq.

Cindy Sheehan's son Casey died in Iraq last year just five days after arriving there with his unit. Now Sheehan and her supporters have planted themselves right outside the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Sheehan says she's waiting for the president to come out and talk with her.

"It's hot out here. I was out here all night. Yesterday I got really sick from the heat. And he's the leader of the country and he needs to show some leadership. He needs to show that he has a heart and to meet with the mother of a war hero,