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Obama: Trip To Dover 'Sobering Reminder' Of Sacrifices
Rachel Slajda | October 29, 2009, 2:12PM
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President Obama spoke briefly to reporters about his surprise trip to Dover Air Force Base early this morning to honor 18 Americans recently killed in Afghanistan.
"Obviously it was a sobering reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our young men and women in uniform are engaging in every single day. Not only our troops, but their families as well," he said.
"Michelle and I are constantly mindful of those sacrifices. And obviously, the burden that both our troops and their families bear in any wartime situation is gonna bear on how I see these conflicts," he continued. "And it is something that I think abut each and every day."
Here's the slideshow of Obama's visit.
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CT Voter
October 29, 2009 3:10 PM
Will rightwing bloggers/media criticize him for this visit?
Or will they criticize him as being too soft for saying that the sacrifices the troops and their families make will weigh on him as he's making any decision about the troops?
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JeffB
October 29, 2009 4:42 PM in reply to CT Voter
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Is Obama Politicizing the fallen?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=6391
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CT Voter
October 29, 2009 5:37 PM in reply to JeffB
Was it appropriate for President Obama to salute the fallen when he's never been in the military?
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John Crandell
October 29, 2009 4:45 PM
Watching this video, having been involved in once upon a war, all I can think of is SAVAGE DISPASSIONATE cynicism. Just words and calculation - in the face of supreme tradgedy. The horror of it all. Is this a negative image to W? Tell me, oh ghost of Ms. Emerson.
Someone give him a copy of Ron Glasser's 365 Days. Then lock him out of the Oval Office until he finishes it.
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Steve Garrett
October 29, 2009 5:50 PM in reply to John Crandell
Sounds like you got a hold of a bad piece of acid. Just hang in there and try to think happy thoughts. Another 6-10 hours and it will be all better.
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John Crandell
October 29, 2009 6:38 PM in reply to Steve Garrett
right, all form and no substance, huh? what's less than puke that shills for cynicism?
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Clavis
October 29, 2009 4:52 PM
Right-wingers leave now. You're not welcome here.
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truthspeaker
October 30, 2009 9:37 AM in reply to Clavis
Ditto
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atticus1104
October 29, 2009 6:04 PM
Watch Hannity flat out lie about a poll he claims shows a majority of Americans supporting a troop increase in Afghanistan.
http://progressnotcongress.org/?p=3308
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Steve Gilpatrick
October 30, 2009 9:01 AM
Sort of like when Lincoln facing the '64 elections goes to Gettysburg. What a cynical bastard he was.
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truthspeaker
October 30, 2009 9:42 AM
You know how a visa is required in order to visit foreign countries, there ought to be one for posting here, that way we could identify the unwanted aliens who post here.
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