WASHINGTON, D.C. – The daughter of a soldier wounded in Afghanistan is now an internet sensation, after her visit to the White House. Five-year-old Alanah Poullard’s dad is still shocked that she ran up to President Obama and asked him to write an excuse letter for her teacher.
“He said don’t give it to your teacher. He said just show it to your teacher.” said Stacy Poullard.
Pullard’s father said he was surprised Stacy was able to get that close to the President.
“She went straight for him, then I thought the Secret Service would stop her. No one approached her,” he said.
The Poullard family was invited to the White House from Louisiana as part of the Wounded Warrior Project. Alanah’s mother is still in Washington recovering from the injuries she in received in Afghanistan last year.
