Obama Cancels Schedule to Meet Returned Bodies of Fallen Soldiers

[The Straight Story]

Obama Cancels Schedule to Meet Returned Bodies of Fallen Soldiers


President Obama will travel to Dover Air Force base later on Tuesday to honor the 22 Navy SEALs and eight other American troops killed in Afghanistan on Saturday when an insurgent shot down their helicopter, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.

Obama will head a delegation of senior administration, Pentagon, and military officials who will salute the flag-draped caskets of the troops who died this weekend in the worst single-day loss of the long Afghan war. The crash in eastern Afghanistan also marked the largest death toll in the history of the U.S. Special Operations Command, which oversees the SEALs and other elite units.

The president canceled a visit to Springfield, Va., to make the trip to Dover, Del., the central conduit for fallen Americans. He had previously gone in October 2009 to pay respects to 15 troops and three Drug Enforcement Agency operatives killed during a particularly bloody stretch of the war.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/obama-cancels-schedule-to-meet-returned-bodies-of-fallen-soldiers-20110809

[Coyote_Bandit]

1. Perhaps

while he is there he can meditate on the principles of cause and effect.

[DCKit]

2. An excellent suggestion.

Why are we still there?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Crocodile tears.

[Karmadillo]

4. If you really care, end the wars, Mr. President.

nt