Posted on 08/07/2009 2:07:14 PM PDT by Cindy
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THE BRIEFING ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release August 7, 2009
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
On Friday, August 7, 2009, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2245, the New Frontier Congressional Gold Medal Act, to award gold medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. `Buzz' Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
H.R. 3114, which provides temporary authority to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to use trademark fees for patent operations.
H.R. 3435, which provides FY 2009 emergency supplemental appropriations for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program (Cash-for-Clunkers).
They are a little late. If they were really going to do this, the medals should have been made long ago and awarded on July 20th. It is nothing more than a "flags and patriotism" diversion from the healthcare debate going bad for them.
If I were Neil Armstrong or any of the others, I wouldn't take a medal from Obama or this congress.
But you have to know Glenn probably likes Obama and the current RAT crop, so he won't mind.
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