FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A Fayetteville teacher whose classroom comments about John McCain drew the ire of viewers who saw the remarks on YouTube says she has received a disciplinary letter.

The Fayetteville Observer reports that Diatha Harris also said an internal investigation cleared her of violating state law or Cumberland County Board of Education policy.

A Scandinavian documentary crew filmed Harris last May leading a classroom discussion of the 2008 presidential election. In the video, Harris tries to generate a class conversation about the presidential election by asking students whom they support. She says supporting either candidate is fine. When one student says Obama advocates ending the Iraq war, Harris asks students what they know about the conflict, then calls it “a senseless war.”

Another girl says she backs McCain because that’s who her parents favor. Harris points out that the girl’s father is in the military, and cautions, “the person that you’re picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to. So that means that your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years.”

The camera returns to the girl’s face to catch her reaction. She seems to tense her mouth, but doesn’t otherwise respond.

The video aired in a documentary on Finnish television in November, and parts of it were posted on YouTube. Cumberland County School Superintendent Bill Harrison was deluged with calls for Harris to be fired.

Harris has apologized to the pupil and her parents, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Thompson and Angela Moore. But the parents have said they didn’t object to how Harris handled herself in the classroom.

Harris downplayed the significance of the written reprimand from Harrison. She has not made the letter public, and remains a teacher at the school.

“But I do want it out there that I did not break any board policy,” Harris said. “I did not break any laws.”

Harrison declined comment Sunday night because it was a personnel matter.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Sen. John McCain spoke with voters in Fayetteville, but Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters also came out to rally around their candidate just down the road.

“He is the one candidate that cares about us.   That’s why I’m so passionate about it,” Veteran Lorette Batiste Pereria said.

Lorette Batiste Pereria is a 25 year veteran of the military and says she had to fight for her VA benefits.  She believes Obama will change that and many rights for those who serve the country. She showed her support at a “Set the Record Straight” rally in Fayetteville.

“He is a man of change. He is a man of faith; and he is a man that is willing to give all to the American people,” Batiste Pereria said.

Those who attended the rally, such as veteran Chuck Tilton, said supporters must unite to elect their candidate.

“I think if all the vets get together ad support the cause, we can make a difference and get the change we deserve,” Tilton said.

Veteran Lori Reynolds said Obama not only supports the veterans but also their families.

“There shouldn’t be an expiration on the G.I. bill, like the ten years, because not everybody can get to school the ten years after they retire and your child or grandchild should be able to benefit from it as well,” Reynolds said.

As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Obama passed legislation to improve care for wounded soldiers returning from war, to help homeless veterans and to enhance treatment for traumatic brain injuries. These veterans agree Obama has a proven track record of making changes the military needs.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Senator John McCain, along with Hank Williams, Jr., will be back in North Carolina next week on his Road To Victory tour. He will stop in Fayetteville on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Doors opened at 2 p.m. at the Crown Center, 960 Coliseum Drive. The event begins at 5:30 p.m.