Marine's father gives Bush pen, support

It was just a regular, black-inked ballpoint pen that President Bush used to sign his veto yesterday, instead of his usual personalized Cross pen.

The pen was a gift from the father of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq - Marine Cpl. Dustin A. Derga, who asked Mr. Bush last month to use it when he vetoed a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq.
Fallen Heroes Memorial

Robert Derga, of Uniontown, Ohio, gave Mr. Bush the pen after an April 16 speech by the president at the White House.

Mr. Bush invited a number of "Gold Star Families" -- families who have lost a U.S. military member in Iraq -- to the speech, and met with them afterwards in the Oval Office. Washington Times