Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:05 PM
JRLeft (1,953 posts)
Obama, Hillary Clinton Honoring Return Of Remains Of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Libya Attack Victims
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are attending the return of the remains of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans killed in an attack of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this week. Obama and Biden were to go to Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland for the return ceremony, where they will be joined by secretaries of state and defense Leon Panetta and Hillary Rodham Clinton. . Stevens and the other victims were killed Tuesday during an attack at the U.S. Consulate. U.S. officials are investigating whether the assault was a coordinated terrorist attack that took advantage of protests in the Arab world over an anti-Muslim video. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/obama-libya-remains-chris-stevens_n_1884567.html There is a video at the link.
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11 replies, 1887 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| JRLeft | Sep 2012 | OP | |
| Iliyah | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| polichick | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| truebrit71 | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| psychobueller | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| flamingdem | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| jsr | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| LibGranny | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| oliverrams1 | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| dipsydoodle | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| NCarolinawoman | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| cr8tvlde | Sep 2012 | #11 |
Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:21 PM
Iliyah (2,360 posts)
1. And I'm pretty sure that the RW will continue to talk shit
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cause they have no shame.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:34 PM
polichick (30,375 posts)
2. msnbc is covering it - very moving.
Response to polichick (Reply #2)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:40 PM
truebrit71 (16,912 posts)
4. Watching at work on CNBC
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...what a waste...those poor families...
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 02:40 PM
psychobueller (89 posts)
3. I'm getting choked up...
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Hillary is doing a great job, and looks like she's on the verge of tears, like we all are.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:16 PM
jsr (3,497 posts)
6. Dignified, moving, patriotic, professional
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R.I.P.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:19 PM
LibGranny (468 posts)
7. Lost my nephew in Iraq (2005) and
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this reduced me to sobs! So sorry for the families and those in the foreign service for this country.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:24 PM
oliverrams1 (60 posts)
8. Just finished watching
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Romney trying to capitalize on this sad event makes him even more repulsive to me.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:32 PM
dipsydoodle (32,691 posts)
9. We had it live in the UK too.
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International concern.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:59 PM
NCarolinawoman (2,066 posts)
10. Very sad. Very moving.
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I would not have been able to speak at something like this. Too choked up.
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Response to JRLeft (Original post)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 04:32 PM
cr8tvlde (1,171 posts)
11. The photos of Mitt leaving the stage grinning and the President Obama
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and Secretary of State Clinton photo showing that both are clearly grieving. The faces say it all. The short interface between the two of them ... old political foes ... glad to be a Democrat.
In Mitt's defense, there is something congenitally wrong there. Or, maybe Traumatic Brain Injury in his teens...not as an excuse, but just some rationale for a face that can only smile/smirk. |

