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Obama Makes Surprise Overnight Visit To Dover To Honor Troops Killed In Afghanistan
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/29/2009
Obama Makes Surprise Overnight Visit To Dover To Honor Troops Killed In Afghanistan
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President Obama before dawn this morning paid tribute to the 18 U.S. military personnel killed in Afghanistan Monday, making a surprise trip to Dover Air Force Base as their bodies returned home to the United States. The solemn visit - Obama's first such experience since taking office and ...
President Obama Pays Respect to Fallen Troops at Dover Air Force Base
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/29/2009
President Obama Pays Respect to Fallen Troops at Dover Air Force Base
— blogs.abcnews.com — Sunlen Miller and Jake Tapper report: DOVER, DEL. -- Earlier this year President Obama lifted the 18-year... ban on media coverage of the return of fallen soldiersto Dover, a ban critics said hid the costs of war from the American... (more) President Obama Pays Respect to Fallen Troops at Dover ...

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mudvillegazette.com - 10/29/2009
Honoring the fallen
— mudvillegazette.com — As the Obama administration debated resource requirements, October became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan... since the beginning of the war. Even before the "record numbers" the president's approval ratings on Afghanistan were in free fall : In previous polls, Obama received ... (more) Honoring the fallen

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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
theonion.com - 10/28/2009
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
— theonion.com — October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN— According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts... continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, ... (more) U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan

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Talking Points Memo:  Solemn

BAGnewsNotes:  Obama's Future

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Solemn
Talking Points Memo — Christina Bellantoni has more details on the President's overnight trip to pay tribute to the fallen as they return home. ...

Obama's Future
BAGnewsNotes — ... I was fascinated by this shot taken in Thursday's early hours at Dover as Obama met the caskets of soldiers and U.S. personnel killed this week in Afghanistan. Why it pulled me in particularly is because of the futurist theme in the Obama fare lately, if not all along. (These shots -- ...

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WATCH: Jake Tapper on Obama's Dover AFB Visit
abcnews.go.com 10/30/2009 — The president pays tribute to soldiers and DEA agents killed in Afghanistan.
Liz Cheney: Obama Should Not Have Gone to Dover — The Moderate Voice
Fox News Radio host John Gibson asked Liz Cheney for her thoughts on Barack Obama’s recent trip to Dover Air Force Base to witness the arrival of the bodies of U.S. troops who died in Afghanistan. Here is her response, via TPMDC: “I think that what President Bush used to do is ...
Liz Cheney Criticizes Obama for using Fallen Troops as a Photo Op — Flopping Aces
Rather than give the troops the reinforcements they need, Obama instead uses the dead for a photo op! What an ASS! Obama’s one and only trip to the Dover Delaware Air Force Base which is the gateway for the bodies of all the nation’s war dead was a photo op that almost ...
WATCH: Obama Views Fallen Troops' Return — ABC News: Politics
President visits Dover Air Force base as the bodies of 18 GIs return home.
Obama does the right thing — The Reaction
By Carl Here we have a President who paid attention these past eight years : President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the ...
Obama attends return of fallen troops from Afghanistan — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]CNN[/b] The flag-draped cases of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware early Thursday, in a solemn event attended by President Obama. Also in attendance for the transfer of the bodies were U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Michele ...
Video: Obama Honors War Dead — The Caucus
President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning to paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the United States.
Obama To Dover — Oliver Willis
Some presidents actually have respect for the war dead . President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the United States.
Obama surprise visit to Dover AFB to witness arrival of 18 soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Pool reports — Lynn Sweet
WASHINGTON--President Obama, pondering sending more troops to Afghanistan, helicoptered to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware near midnight on Wednesday to witness the return of the bodies of 18 soldiers. Obama returned to the White House a 4:45 a.m. Thursday morning. Click for the pool ...
Thursday Morning Open Thread — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Good morning. Late last night, the President traveled to Dover, Delaware to pay his respects to 18 members of the military whose bodies were being returned from Afghanistan. You may recall that George Bush wouldn't never do that. Obama has to make a decision on Afghanistan soon. George Bush ...
Obama travels to honor fallen soldiers returning from Afghanistan — News
President Barack Obama traveled overnight to receive the remains of fallen soldiers whose bodies were returning from Afghanistan. Obama made a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the first stop back in the U.S. for soldiers who are killed in combat, where he awaited an Air Force ...
I'm Sure This is Good News for Republicans — Booman Tribune
Or as Glenn Beck might say, this is just another example of Obama's use of Fascist techniques President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were ...
Obama Pays Respects in Dover — Talking Points Memo
The President made an unscheduled, unannounced trip to Dover AFB overnight to witness the return of the bodies of U.S. troops killed in action, Jake Tapper reports: The president arrived at Dover AFB at 12:34am after 40-minute chopper ride from the White House. ... At 3:39 am the President ...
Pres. Obama Views Arrival of Fallen U.S. Army Soldiers — C-SPAN Recent Video
President Obama made a trip to Dover Air Force Base, where the bodies of 18 U.S. personnel who died recently in Afghanistan were flown home. Length: 6 min. Published: Today at 12:30am (ET)