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http://www.rlcil.org/2009/02/08/an-open-letter-to-the-editor-of-the-concord-monitor-mr-president-please-salute-fdr-did/ Dear Editors – I was taken aback when I read the ill-informed piece in The Concord Monitor, headlined, “No Salute, Please.” This Jan. 22, 2009 piece claims that President Reagan initiated the Presidential salute — i.e. returning the salute of a uniformed military officer of enlisted man. Contrary to the myth-making by the article’s author, the salute by the president is not of recent provenance. Indeed, liberal hero President Franklin Delano Roosevelt — whom many of today’s Obammysoxers see in their American idol – was known to salute the troops. He was, after all, their commander-in-chief, during a war....

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Suffice to say, President Barack Obama likes his new ride. Before taking off yesterday on Air Force One for his first trip as president, Obama told reporters traveling with him that the plane is "spiffy" and showed off his new crew jacket with his name stitched on it. "What do you think of this spiffy ride here? It's not bad," he said to reporters sitting in the back on the plane.

Barack Obama takes first ride as US President on Air Force One From correspiondents in Washington Agence France-Presse February 06, 2009 11:31am BARACK Obama has taken his debut flight as president on his new "spiffy ride" - the blue and white Boeing 747 which serves as Air Force One. Mr Obama also took his first trip aboard Marine One - the helicopter which ferries the president around on shorter trips - this time from the White House to Andrews air force base outside Washington. The President walked to the press cabin at the back of his new plane before taking...