‘Cindy McCain in Vietnam on cleft palates mission’
June 19th, 2008
Associated Press report in the [UK] Guardian, Good Morning America (ABC):
Far from the presidential campaign, Cindy McCain traveled to the coastal town of Nha Trang, Vietnam, to visit with about 100 children who were awaiting surgery for cleft palates and cleft lips. The operations will be provided by the U.S. charity Operation Smile, and will take place on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
Cindy McCain is a member of Operation Smile’s board of directors. She and her husband, presidential hopeful John McCain, adopted a daughter from Bangladesh who was born with a facial deformity.
“When you see a child anywhere, say a child that doesn’t have food or a child with a cleft palate who’s been kept in a back room because the family is embarrassed or whatever it may be, it takes you back to really what’s basic and what’s really important,” Cindy McCain said.
(AP photo)
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