Do you have a predetermined mindset, too.
"The President and Secretary of State were proper to be there to speak about these men."
I'd agree with you but when the campaigning started, their words were not about these men.
It was about covering their tail ends.
Marcella, can you see how Obama typically works? It is not genuine, even when he is on telepromter. It is about him.
I understand that the Secretary of State presides over situations when the personnel is directly under the position SOS. If this is protocol, Hillary was properly there - Obama was not. He was on a campaign stop.
I heard every word spoken there and both the pres. and sec. of state were formal and appropriate with their words.