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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 02:24 AM
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Obama greets military troops, families on Christmas
Source: CNN

(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama visited military personnel and their families enjoying Christmas dinner at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii Thursday during his holiday vacation.

Obama went to Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay on Oahu where he mingled with Marines and sailors. Obama and the troops also had a traditional dinner including turkey, roast beef, ham and trimmings.

Obama, dressed casually in a blue polo shirt and dark khaki trousers, chatted casually, shook hands and posed for photos with men and women in the dining hall, which had been decorated with Christmas trees and Santa figurines.

Shortly before Obama entered the room, a Marine shouted to the crowd scattered across 25 tables, "You need to take you seats, the president-elect is going to be coming."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/obama.holiday/in...




President-elect Obama shakes hands with troops having Christmas dinner at a military base in Hawaii.
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   K&R  ZombieHorde   Dec-26-08 04:05 AM   #1 
   I'm soooooo happy he's going to be my new Commander-in-Chief...  ALiberalSailor   Dec-26-08 07:18 AM   #2 
   How so?  Posteritatis   Dec-26-08 07:01 PM   #7 
   The president's priorities...  Baby Snooks   Dec-26-08 09:11 AM   #3 
      Obama's message to the troops should be .....  Better Believe It   Dec-26-08 10:19 AM   #4 
      amen nt  Mari333   Dec-27-08 03:43 PM   #9 
      Thought he wanted more tropps in Afghanistan?  RedCappedBandit   Dec-27-08 07:25 PM   #12 
      He went to a homeless shelter at thanksgiving  Merlot   Dec-26-08 11:45 AM   #5 
      Away with your facts! They're harshing the outrage buzz!  Posteritatis   Dec-26-08 07:00 PM   #6 
      AND Biden too!  ih8thegop   Dec-27-08 05:46 PM   #10 
      Indeed...  Bragi   Dec-27-08 02:50 PM   #8 
      How do you know he didnt?  kirby   Dec-27-08 06:06 PM   #11 
 
ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 04:05 AM
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1. K&R
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 07:18 AM
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2. I'm soooooo happy he's going to be my new Commander-in-Chief...
...From a Sailor's perspective, you can honestly feel a difference in the Navy now that he's been elected. It's like there's a new optimism that was absent before.
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 07:01 PM
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7. How so?
Everyone I know who's been in the US Navy has been out for a few years, so my connection to how folks were acting in it's been cut for awhile.
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Baby Snooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 09:11 AM
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3. The president's priorities...
I have no problem with him honoring our troops but I do have a problem with his not honoring the other Americans who have also sacrificed and in some cases been sacrificed - there was not some Christmas dinner for the poor and homeless where he could have also spent part of the day?

Obviously they don't matter. The agenda matters. And it isn't the agenda of the people who elected him.

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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Dec-26-08 10:19 AM
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4. Obama's message to the troops should be .....
"You're all coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan soon after I take office."
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Dec-27-08 03:43 PM
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9. amen nt
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Dec-27-08 07:25 PM
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12. Thought he wanted more tropps in Afghanistan?
Please tell me I was mistaken..
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 11:45 AM
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5. He went to a homeless shelter at thanksgiving
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Dec-26-08 07:00 PM
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6. Away with your facts! They're harshing the outrage buzz!
;)
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Dec-27-08 05:46 PM
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10. AND Biden too!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Dec-27-08 02:50 PM
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8. Indeed...
It's important that Obama show support for this downtrodden demographic who were so totally forgotten by the Bush administration.

:sarcasm:
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kirby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Dec-27-08 06:06 PM
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11. How do you know he didnt?
Both Obama and Biden served meals at a homeless shelter during Thanksgiving. Perhaps they did this Christmas without all the cameras and fanfare?
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