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War Casualties and the Emptiness Left Behind
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe first reply to my post "On Memorial Day, Remember the Mothers, Children, Wives and Lovers Too" was from a high school teacher. She remembered Sgt. Ronald Kubik, one of the soldiers featured in the story. She had him in her English class. A month ago Kubik died in Afghanistan. His teacher wrote: It seems like yesterday that I taught him, but in reality, 7 years have passed since the last day of his freshman year. Ron's passing has really hit me hard. I might not have seen him in over 4 years (he always stopped by to visit even after he moved and graduated) but I am still having ...
After Rain-Out, Obama Delivers Speech Outside DC
By not in system - AOL NewsANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (May 31) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country. Obama, speaking to dozens of troops at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington after his Land of Lincoln tribute in Illinois was washed out by a storm, said the nation's fallen heroes had such a deep love of country that they willingly sacrificed their own lives to protect it. "In this time of war, we pay special tribute to the thousands of Americans who have given their lives ...
Storm Washes Out Obama's Memorial Day Speech
By not in system - AOL NewsELWOOD, Ill. (May 31) -- Vice President Joe Biden hailed America's fighting men and women Monday as the "spine of this nation," while President Barack Obama's Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds. Biden made the more traditional appearance at Arlington National Cemetery on Obama's behalf, saying the country has "a sacred obligation" to make sure its servicemen and women are the best equipped and best-supported troops in the world. "As a nation, we pause to remember them," Biden said. "They gave their lives fulfilling their oath to this nation and to ...
Biden Honors Fallen Troops at Arlington
By not in system - AOL NewsARLINGTON, Va. (May 31) -- Vice President Joe Biden is saluting the sacrifices of the men and women of America's fighting forces at the nation's most hallowed burial ground. He said the United States has "a sacred obligation" to provide its servicemen and women - "these new warriors" - with everything they need to carry out their jobs. President Barack Obama was to preside over a separate holiday observance near Chicago later Monday. Biden honored America's war dead at the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. He was joined by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. ...
Obama Family Goes Home to Chicago for Memorial Day
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(May 31) -- The first family celebrated Memorial Day with a trip to their hometown of Chicago, sleeping in their pre-White House red-brick home for the first time in more than a year. President Barack Obama is expected back in Washington today, after honoring the nation's war dead with a speech before thousands at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., south of Chicago. Obama spent the weekend with family and friends, joining first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, at their Hyde Park home. The first family arrived Thursday, along with Michelle's mother, ...
Arlington Chief Retires Amid History, Controversy
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsARLINGTON, Va. (May 31) -- Walking in Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60, the flat field he picked out years ago for what is now "the saddest acre in America," Superintendent John Metzler Jr. is at home. More than 600 fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan are buried there, including Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, whose name reminds Metzler of a famous Washington Redskin linebacker and who was killed at 18 by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005. On the back of her marble headstone is inscribed the name of her mother, Marine Cpl. Margaret Joyce Williams. She died of cancer and a broken heart four ...
Opinion: Ask, Tell, Honor and Remember
By Rachel Sklar - AOL News(May 31) -- Every Memorial Day is different. In peacetime, the urgency of the day can fade as it becomes about parades and barbecues, road trips and long weekend getaways. In years of conflict, the kickoff to summer is a bittersweet reminder of what it costs to enjoy such simple freedoms as those parades and barbecues and carefree long weekends. Every year, too, more names are added to the long list of those to be honored and remembered: A nation's servicemen and women, fallen in the line of duty. This year's Memorial Day falls in a week of two big milestones. One was the movement by Congress ...
Remember the Mothers, Children, Wives and Lovers, Too
By not in system - AOL News(May 30) -- The famous photograph of Mary McHugh prostrated on the grave of her late fiance, James Regan, was taken by photo journalist John Moore three years ago. It could have been yesterday. Arlington Cemetery's Section 60 is where military service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan lie. The place still makes the news -- the superintendent, John Metzler Jr., just resigned -- but for most Americans, Section 60 is not a place to talk of scandal or mismanagement. It's a place to remember, a place to mourn. On a Getty Images blog, John Moore wrote: You watch a mother kiss her son's ...
Opinion: Honoring America's Fallen Heroes
By not in system - AOL NewsEditor's note: This Memorial Day weekend, secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki led a presidential delegation to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II and pay respects at the gravesites of American servicemembers in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. More than 124,000 U.S. war dead are buried overseas in 24 military cemeteries maintained by the U.S. -- another 94,000 are listed as missing. The secretary's first stop was the Ardennes in Belgium, site of the Battle of the Bulge -- the largest and costliest battle during World War II. This commentary is adapted from ...
Obama in Chicago: Secret Service Standoff with Farrakhan's Guards
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyPresident Obama, back home in Chicago for the Memorial Day weekend, started his Sunday with an 80 minute workout at a gym, after he and his family spent Saturday night at a barbecue with friends. While Obama was at the BBQ, there was an unusual encounter across the street between the Secret Service and guards outside the home of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, where the press pool van was parked. Obama did his Sunday workout inside the Naturally Fit personal training facility owned by Cornell McClellan, a trainer whose clients include Obama and First Lady Michelle. The First Family -- ...
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