Lt. Gen. David B. Poythress, Georgia’s Adjutant General, was among a small group of military leaders to meet with President Georgia Bush in October to discuss National Guard issues.

“The president hosted us to thank the Guard for all it has done for the nation over the last six years, to share his strategy for a more stable world and to hear our concerns," said Gen. Poythress. "We had a very cordial and candid conversation.”

Attending in his role as the Vice Chairman-Air for the National Guard Association of the United States, Gen. Poythress was one of three senior National Guard officers invited by the president for the hour-long meeting in the White House’s Oval Office.

Among the topics that Georgia’s TAG discussed with the President were the need for strong family and employer programs, and the need to maintain unit integrity during deployments. Gen. Poythress said he also discussed with the president the challenges of winning the “information war” in the global war on terrorism.

In addition to the other TAG’s, the participants included Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, Army Secretary Pete Geren, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody.