hosted.ap.org - 2/10/2009
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a review Tuesday of a Pentagon policy banning media from taking pictures of flag-draped coffins of military dead, signaling he was open to overturning the policy to better honor fallen soldiers. At least two Democratic senators have called on President ...
timesonline.co.uk - 2/8/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has demanded that American defence
chiefs review their strategy in Afghanistan before going ahead...
with a troop surge. There is concern among senior Democrats that the military is preparing to send up to 30,000 extra troops ...
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Obama puts brake on Afghan surge
dailymail.co.uk - 2/5/2009
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OBAMA Speech Addressing Nation on Monday 2/9/09 - Did I hear the question I thought I heard Ed Henry CNN ask?
Mudville Gazette —
... and unapologetic NO WE WILL NOT TURN THE HONORABLE SANCTITY OF DOVER INTO A MEDIA SPECTACLE!!!! You Sir, must protect our fallen and their families and the privacy of Dover.
After all Mr. President, that is little enough to ask given that the fallen gave their lives to protect you and your's.
DUTY HONOR COUNTRY.
Robert Stokely
proud dad SGT Mike Stokely
KIA 16 AUG 05 near Yusufiyah Iraq
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Obama Reviewing Ban On Photos Of Military Coffins
Feasting on the Dead
TigerHawk —
... . Let's face it - their loved one is already dead as a doornail - why on earth would they deprive the rest of us of a little look-see to satisfy our curiosity? I mean, what else are these folks going to do - sit around and cry all day? Besides, as Prof. Begleiter states so eloquently; these families owe America : The fallen troops "died for all of us - they died for the nation, they died for the cause," Begleiter said in a January interview. "It's a right for all Americans to pay their respects for those who made the sacrifice. It is not a right held exclusively for the ...
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