Retired Secretary of the Army and former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West, speaking live at a Hillary rally in Washington, D.C., says that on Hillary Clinton’s trip to Bosnia that included Sinbad and Sheryl Crow, the Secret Service would not permit the President of the United States to go in that area at that time.

But Bill let Hillary go? Hmmm…

UPDATE: Hillary is repeating “a saying at the White House… if a place was too small or too dangerous for the President to go, send the First Lady.”

“I remember landing under sniper fire… There was supposed to be some sort of landing ceremony, but I remember running with my head down just to get to the vehicles.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Also, raising an eyebrow at the tale of how dangerous it was… Bill Clinton sent his only child there?

And from a military reader:

There’s a huge difference between sending the First Lady on a USO tour with entertainers and sending the President on a Head of State visit. A USO tour is completely in hands of the military, uses military aircraft, visits only military bases, only allows members of the military to get close, meets with military commanders, etc. On a Head of State visit the President gets out and about, public visibility, photo ops, meeting with foreign leaders on their turf etc. Bottom line: she was there but she wasn’t out there.