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Congress blocks ceremony for vet; Remains of last US World War I soldier will not lie in Capitol
Associated Press ^ | 03/04/2011 | Alan Fram

Posted on 03/04/2011 11:32:50 AM PST by RobertClark

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This is a disgrace.
1 posted on 03/04/2011 11:32:53 AM PST by RobertClark
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To: RobertClark

Hmmm. What was Boehners response. Im surprised at this?


2 posted on 03/04/2011 11:34:25 AM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?o)
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To: RobertClark

???


3 posted on 03/04/2011 11:34:56 AM PST by justice14 ("stand up defend or lay down and die")
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To: SatinDoll

Ping to read later. This sounds odd.


4 posted on 03/04/2011 11:37:16 AM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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To: RobertClark; All

Question.. Have we had remains of last vets from past wars in the capital?


5 posted on 03/04/2011 11:37:40 AM PST by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS.)
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To: RobertClark

Not really. Boehner wants to honor him, just not what the WV Senators requested. His distinction is being the last living WWI vet. He didn’t even serve overseas during the war.

“Steel said Boehner and Reid will ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates to allow a memorial service for Buckles at Arlington National Cemetery in nearby Arlington, Va., “surrounded by honored veterans of every American war.”


6 posted on 03/04/2011 11:40:35 AM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: justice14

Does Boehner have that authority? Who’s in charge of what goes on in the Capital Rotunda?


7 posted on 03/04/2011 11:40:47 AM PST by Newfy
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To: RobertClark

I’m sure there is more to this and seeing how it’s Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin behind this they probably had legislation attached that spent billions and outlawed Republicans


8 posted on 03/04/2011 11:41:10 AM PST by txroadkill (My tagline disagreed with me and then fled the state)
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To: RobertClark
I don't think Rosa Parks should have been there either. This vet deserves to be recognized and buried at Arlington but he did nothing out of the ordinary except live to 110. If there were another WWI vet still out there, this guy would not be the subject of such attention. While all military service is worthy of respect, he was a clerk, not a war hero.
9 posted on 03/04/2011 11:43:04 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: RobertClark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson

Albert Woolson, last survivor of the War of the Northern Aggression was buried in Arlington but didn’t lie in state in the Capital.

It’s not the first odd thing Boehner has done though.


10 posted on 03/04/2011 11:45:15 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: RobertClark

I will reserve judgment until I hear Boehner’s reasoning for it. I personally don’t see why it should be a problem, although I know some have complained that the honor was being used too frequently, and was suppose to be used only for Presidents and the Senate/House leaders who died in office. The only other reason I could think of that they would deny it, (not to diminish his service) but Mr. Buckles didn’t really accomplish anything that any other WW I veteran did other than outlive them all. Perhaps they feel it would be an insult to other WW I vets that died previously with greater battle awards and weren’t given a similar honor.


11 posted on 03/04/2011 11:45:21 AM PST by apillar
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To: RobertClark

something doesn’t sound right about this and of course this is the AP, a propaganda arm of the Dems.

What the AP is trying to tell the idiots out there is that the last vet should be honored and he said no.
That crap might wash with the left who are not known for thinking for themselves but it doesn’t wash with me.

I’ll wait till I see and hear more facts before making a decision and right now this sounds like a hit piece


12 posted on 03/04/2011 11:46:11 AM PST by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: KevinDavis
The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. The bodies of prominent citizens have been displayed in the Rotunda on 30 occasions, starting in 1852 with Henry Clay, a Kentucky senator and congressional rep. Others include President Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, unknown soldiers from America's wars and civil rights hero Rosa Parks.

Frank Buckles served in England and France, mostly as a driver and warehouse clerk. After the war ended, he helped repatriate German prisoners of war, returning to the U.S. in January 1920.

13 posted on 03/04/2011 11:46:51 AM PST by RobertClark (On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.)
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To: RobertClark
AP got the message they wanted out in the first sentence.

I will NEVER again take these news pukes at their word, not without first checking the story out myself.

If I do someone please clobber me with a pipe wrench.

14 posted on 03/04/2011 11:47:53 AM PST by skeeter
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To: saganite
IIRC, he indeed was in France and then post-war Germany where he met his bride. No combat, but overseas.

Later, he was in the Philippines on business and ended up a civilian POW of the Nippers in World War II.

15 posted on 03/04/2011 11:51:07 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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16 posted on 03/04/2011 12:03:25 PM PST by Bobalu ( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
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To: hinckley buzzard

There’s a large part of the population who believe simply attaining a certain age entitles you to to all kinds of things.

Given this is from AP, I doubt we’re getting the whole story.


17 posted on 03/04/2011 12:10:26 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: RobertClark

This is all wrong!


18 posted on 03/04/2011 12:10:49 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: Newfy

From the article

The honor requires a congressional resolution or the approval of congressional leaders, according to the office of the architect of the Capitol.


19 posted on 03/04/2011 12:12:07 PM PST by rwa265 (Christ my Cornerstone)
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To: saganite

Where did you get the “He didn’t even serve overseas during the war.” The article says “He served in England and France, mostly as a driver and warehouse clerk. After the war ended, he helped repatriate German prisoners of war, returning to the U.S. in January 1920.”


20 posted on 03/04/2011 12:12:31 PM PST by Ratman83
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