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Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn will lead a House delegation to Britain to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday. Announced by House Speaker John Boehner’s office Monday, the trip marks a culmination of Republican accolades for Thatcher following her death last week. Thatcher’s conservative policies and close relationship with President Reagan won her widespread support within the GOP. “Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest champions freedom has ever known, and her funeral gives Americans and friends around the world an opportunity to pay final respects,” Boehner said in a statement. The delegation also includes...

Obama's snub to Thatcher: President won't send envoy to funeral - and leaves it to her old allies from the Reagan era President Obama made decision not to send a member of his administration before yesterday's bombings in Boston. Instead, Reagan's former Secretary of State George Shultz, a key ally of Baroness Thatcher, will attend Leaders from all over the world will be in attendance at the large-scale commemoration on Wednesday By James Chapman PUBLISHED: 19:16 EST, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 08:20 EST, 16 April 2013 Friends and allies of Baroness Thatcher expressed 'surprise and disappointment' last night as...

In an amazing snub, Barack Obama, who sent an official delegation to Venezuela for tyrannical socialist dictator, Hugo Chavez’s funeral, won’t send one to Great Britain’s Margaret Thatcher’s...