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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
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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...
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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Obama Goes to Dover
themoderatevoice.com - 10/29/2009
Obama Goes to Dover
— themoderatevoice.com — Speaking as one who has been critical of most of President Obama’s domestic initiatives this year, I... find myself in the curious position of having to praise him three times in one week. First, he moved to finally provide long overdue improvements to the nation’s power grid . Then he ... (more) Obama Goes to Dover

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Delaware Liberal:  Obama Makes Surprise Trip To Dover To Honor Fallen Troops

Talking Points Memo:  Obama Pays Respects in Dover

The Corner on National Review Online:  The President at Dover -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez

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Obama Makes Surprise Trip To Dover To Honor Fallen Troops
Delaware Liberal — Last night President Obama made a surprise trip to Dover AFB to observe the ceremony honoring the Americans killed in Afghanistan on Monday. President Obama made an unscheduled, overnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware overnight to observe up close a “solemn dignified transfer movement,” the event which marks the return to the US of the remains of fallen service members. Military and White House officials said this particular movement involved the incoming remains of 15 service members and 3 Drug Enforcement Administration agents who were killed in Afghanistan on ...

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 at Dover -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — via ABCNEWS.com:  The president arrived at Dover AFB at 12:34am after 40-minute chopper ride from the White House.  An Air Force C-17 carrying the 18 fallen U.S. personnel had arrived at Dover before the president.  Among the dead on board were 7 U.S. Army soldiers and 3 DEA agents killed when their MH-47 Chinook crashed at Darreh-ye-bum, and 8 U.S. soldiers killed when their STRYKER personnel vehicle was struck by IED blast in the Arghandab River Valley.  It was a somber event. The military confirmed the name ...

Obama uses arrival of fallen troops at Dover as a photo-op
Hyscience — One side of me sees this as a president paying respects to our fallen troops, while the more cynical, and perhaps realistic, side of me sees this as carefully choreographed, cynical, ploy using our fallen troops as a campaign-like photo-op to make look like he actually gives a damned about our troops dying while he "dithers" and ponders what appears to be a likely prescription for tragedy. Via ABC News, Jake Tapper reporting: [...] DOVER, DEL. -- Earlier this year President Obama lifted the 18-year ban on media coverage of the ...

Dover AFB, President Obama, and a “solemn dignified transfer movement”. [Serr8d]
protein wisdom — ... Early this morning… A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country. The official party this night consists of President Barack Obama, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Army Assistant Judge Advocate Maj Gen Daniel Wright, U.S. Army Special Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Repass, and Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center Col. Robert Edmondson, who will serve as the Dignified Transfer ...

OBAMA’S TIMELY VISIT TO DOVER
Right Wing Nut House — ... something of a mystery to the American people - at least those who don’t see him as the devil incarnate trying to set up a socialist dictatorship. There is a lot of fakery in being president no matter who you are, but when the genuine moments peek through, we get a glimpse of the real man whose job it is to protect us and the nation. Some things, you just can’t fake. Clinton at Oklahoma City. George W. Bush talking about his son’s torments. Ronald Reagan at Point du Hoc. And now, Obama at Dover: The president arrived at Dover AFB at 12:34am after 40-minute chopper ride from ...

Obama Honors the Fallen as a President Should
GayPatriot — I’m not sure how I feel about President Obama’s reversal of George W. Bush’s policy of disallowing media coverage of the return of fallen military members to Dover AFB. Perhaps I’ll never really settle in on how I feel about such an emotional subject. I give myself that latitude. But I definitely want to take the opportunity today to give the president credit for the classy way in which he welcomed my falled brethren early this morning. Jake Tapper has the details.

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Mudville Gazette: The New York Times rewrites — Victory Caucus -- All Content
...the Obama at Dover story. Oops! The New York Times original report on the presidents midnight trip to Dover said:The images and the sentiment of the presidents five-hour trip to Delaware were intended by the White House to convey to the nation that Mr. Obama was not making his Afghanistan...
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.
Mudville Gazette: Pork in the Age of Obama — Victory Caucus -- All Content
From the pool reports on the presidents midnight trip to Dover:POTUS final scheduled event was a 6:05 p.m. reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. When it was over, the in-town pool was asked to stick around. Only late in the...