Guest of Honor Should've Delivered State of the Union

Rex, a 5-year-old German shepherd, fit in with the other Iraq war veterans who were guests of Republicans and Democrats.
Rex sniffed out bombs in Iraq. He's been the subject of congressional legislation. He's famous, and Wednesday night he became one of Mrs. Bush's guests at the State of the Union speech.

How Rex landed such a coveted seat — actually a spot in the aisle labeled "Rex" on the official seating chart — is quite a tale.

I'll let you read that for yourselves

All I'll say is that even poor Rex was held to a military contract that nearly kept him in Iraq past his original service date. It would take an act of congress before Rex would return home.

You can almost tell what Rex is thinking from his face in the picture above...
He's ready to sink his teeth into a rare, trash talking Texas Turkey.