President Trump Honors Conan The Hero Dog That Helped Corner ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi

Daily Mail: BREAKING NEWS: President Donald Trump honors Conan the hero dog that helped corner al-Baghdadi as the 'ultimate fighter' at White House Rose Garden ceremony – but pooch takes immediate shine to Mike Pence

* Trump appeared with Conan the hero dog
* The timing of the surprise appearance was kept under wraps
* First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were there, along with the dog's handler
* Pence repeatedly petted the animal although the president did not
* The event was not on Trump's public schedule
* He called Conan the 'ultimate fighter'
* Vice President Mike Pence petted the dog repeatedly during appearance
* Conan chased down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before the ISIS chief blew himself up
* Earlier Trump had posted a photoshopped image of the animal receiving a medal
* President was attacked because it superimposed the dog on a Vietnam veteran
* But the veteran, James McCloughan, laughed when a reporter showed it to him

President Donald Trump honored Conan the hero dog who helped run down terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden Monday where he saluted the animal's toughness in the field as it solicited pats from Mike Pence.

Trump appeared with Conan outside the Oval Office and lauded his accomplishments, after the military flew the highly-trained animal to Washington from the the Middle East, where the U.S. continues to try to take down the remnants of ISIS.

'Conan is a tough cookie. No one is going to mess with Conan,' said Trump – who famously broke precedent by failing to get a pet to live with him at the White House.

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WNU Editor: A beautiful looking dog. Conan definitely likes Vice President Pence, even licking his hand and encouraging him to scratch his head/ears. Melania Trump kept her distance.

Update: Oh oh. The GF just text me if we can get a Belgian Malinois (we already have a rottweiler).

More News On President Donald Trump Honouring Conan The Hero Dog That Helped Corner al-Baghdadi

Conan the dog gets hero’s welcome at White House after raid -- AP
Trump welcomes hero dog at the White House: 'Conan is a tough cookie' -- NBC
'So brilliant, so smart': Trump meets his match in hero dog wounded in Isis raid -- The Guardian
Trump honors military dog from raid that led to ISIS leader's death -- The Hill
Conan, dog injured in al Baghdadi raid, honored by President Trump at White House -- FOX News
Trump honors Conan the hero dog in White House appearance -- CNN
Trump praises Conan, hero dog injured in al-Baghdadi raid, at the White House -- CNBC
'The ultimate fighter': Trump shows off Conan the military dog from Baghdadi raid -- Politico
Troops, canine from raid that killed ISIS leader get White House welcome -- Military Times

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