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Touching moment Donald Trump hugs wounded Afghanistan hero who sang God Bless America at tribute...
dailymail.com ^ | 9/30/19 | Emily Goodin

Posted on 10/01/2019 4:56:13 AM PDT by blueyon

""Touching moment Donald Trump hugs wounded Afghanistan hero who sang God Bless America at tribute ceremony to outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff""

In a touching moment on Monday, Donald Trump embraced a wounded and wheel-chair bound veteran from Afghanistan who sang 'God Bless America' at a ceremony to honor the new incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The rare display of affection from the president came after U.S. Army Captain Luis Avila sang the patriotic hymn in a ceremony filled with a 21-gun salute, a fife and drum corp, military bands, and other pomp and circumstance.

It was an emotional moment for those present,

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hero; jointchiefofstaff; prestrump; veterans
God Bless our President and our veterans
1 posted on 10/01/2019 4:56:13 AM PDT by blueyon
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To: blueyon

May god bless both of these patriots. 8>)


2 posted on 10/01/2019 5:05:49 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: blueyon

Schiff is working with committee to subpoena all involved including the man hugged.

This could be the one!!

/s

Good stuff!


3 posted on 10/01/2019 5:07:12 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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No American news outlet could risk reporting this story....


4 posted on 10/01/2019 5:08:31 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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To: blueyon

Salute.


5 posted on 10/01/2019 5:12:58 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: IncPen

Communist Big Media have a hate-on for the President. Daily Mail are just garden variety ‘liberals’.


6 posted on 10/01/2019 5:14:05 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: IncPen

THE DAILY MAIL... just reporting what America’s MF Progressive Socialist MSM will not, i.e., Anything that would or could put Trump in a good light, like the TRUTH.


7 posted on 10/01/2019 5:15:39 AM PDT by BilLies (Judge Excoriates Two Hearst Executives http://yale64.org/news/white.htm)
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To: blueyon

Did you see this story covered anywhere in our media yesterday? I didn’t.


8 posted on 10/01/2019 5:30:20 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee

It did make the web from CNN. But I can understand that as they are as stupid in their approach to everything as mid sized rocks. They spend days figuring out how to make themselves look self destructive.

rwood


9 posted on 10/01/2019 5:45:55 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: txrefugee

Surely Faux covered it /s


10 posted on 10/01/2019 5:46:34 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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