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To: mystery-ak
Gibbs also said that 11 of the 17 who denied permission had decided before they knew Obama would be there. Apparently his presence did not persuade those eleven to change their minds. Nor did it persuade the six 'undecided' families.
55 posted on 10/29/2009 12:16:07 PM PDT by kristinn (A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.)
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From the same article, Obama commented today on the trip to Dover:

"It was a sobering reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our young men and women in uniform are engaging in every single day, not only our troops but their families as well," Obama said later Thursday, hours after his return to the White House. "The burden that both our troops and their families bear in any wartime situation is going to bear on how I see these conflicts, and it is something that I think about each and every day."

57 posted on 10/29/2009 12:19:57 PM PDT by kristinn (A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.)
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Ha!...good find Kristinn....the majority of families don’t want cameras there and they don’t want to be used as a photo op for this poser.


58 posted on 10/29/2009 12:20:14 PM PDT by mystery-ak (gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: kristinn
Gibbs also said that 11 of the 17 who denied permission had decided before they knew Obama would be there.

Huh? They decided not to let Obama use their loved ones before they knew Obama was coming?

Did the WH do opinion polling before they decided to do this? Wait, of course they did... and BHO would not have gone unless he had at least one family consent to be used by him.

59 posted on 10/29/2009 12:22:15 PM PDT by Never on my watch (The lunatics are in the White House - meet me on the dark side of the Moon.)
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To: kristinn
more from the same article

The ban on media coverage of bodies returning to Dover was criticized for shielding the public from the human cost of war. Complete BS!...it was done to shield and protect the families of the fallen who didn't want cameras there!

61 posted on 10/29/2009 12:27:08 PM PDT by mystery-ak (gopbriefingroom.com)
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