Britain's Prince Harry gets warm New York greeting
"Harry bowed his head in silence after laying a wreath of yellow roses, pink peonies and white tulips at the muddy construction site where the Twin Towers once stood. [snip]During his two-day trip to New York he stopped at a veterans hospital prosthetics ward and was due to have a meeting with wounded soldiers from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Harry, who served in Afghanistan with British forces, is training to become a military helicopter pilot."
The Obamas’ date - Marine One, with the Obamas on board, takes off from south Manhattan. The trip was condemned as extravagant by Gail Gitcho, a Republican National Committee spokeswoman: "Families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills," she said.
The Obamas’ date - The Obamas prepare to depart from John F. Kennedy International Airport.