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Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Barack Obama is honoring the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country.
One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor," Obama told the crowd on a steamy Texas afternoon. "And for what ...
President Barack Obama will address the Fort Hood community Tuesday at a memorial service in honor of the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed on Nov. 5.
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FORT HOOD, Texas Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Barack Obama is honoring the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage here by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country.
President Barack Obama is honoring the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country.
FORT HOOD, Texas — President Barack Obama is blaming "twisted logic" for the killing of 13 men and women at Fort Hood, and says there is no faith that justifies acts he describes as "murderous and craven."
President Barack Obama has flown to Texas to lead a memorial service at Fort Hood Army base for the people killed in last week's shooting rampage and to console their relatives and loved ones.
The first Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, marked the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I, what many proclaimed, with an optimism that turned out to be wildly misplaced, “the war to end all wars.” It became a U.S. national holiday in 1938 and in 1954 was renamed Veterans Day to honor all veterans. There are currently 23.2 million veterans, down from a peak of 28.6 million in 1980 ...
For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It's his job to offer comfort after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the Texas Army post five days ago.
Political experts are analyzing her status as a celebrity-politician and speculating that her celebrity status will not help her in the world of politics in the future
Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled servicemembers, military therapists are at their sides.
Remarkably, the central Asian country of Afghanistan seems once again to be shaping our future. It is paradoxical that the graveyard of one superpower should become a battlefield for the other.
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon) By Richard Polsky (Other Press; 268 pages; $23.95) What's the "Mona Lisa" worth? The answer, as with any work of art, is simple: whatever someone is willing to pay for it. How monetary values get established, however, is anything...
In this time of deeply partisan political division, one reflex continues to unite leaders of all ideological persuasions: a willingness to cut corners when it comes to those who have shown their devotion to this nation by offering their service, even their lives, to the military.
WASHINGTON -- There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged mass murderer at Fort Hood, was becoming radicalized in his opposition to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army had a duty to act -- before he did. Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff, said Sunday he was concerned that "this increased ...
I don't want all you libs to worry. President Obama will make sure murderer Nidal Hasan gets his swine flu shot - I hope right after he's shot by a firing squad.
"Current and former officials said in interviews in Washington and Pakistan that [the Obama] Administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time since winning the White House, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood. It his job to offer comfort, if not answers, after the shooting that left 13 people dead and 29 wounded on the bustling Texas Army post five days ago.
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The general is eager to get the situation in hand, but he's got his tactics backward. And not just the general. So have a lot of other people in the government. Judgment flees in the face of a challenge by goody-goody intentions.
You've heard the saying: "In war, amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics."
