President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said people can honor veterans by sending a letter or care package to troops overseas, volunteering at health clinics or taking supplies to a homeless veterans center. …
Obama said he was committed to giving troops the training and equipment they need and making certain the Veterans Affairs Department had the money it needed. He also noted that he had signed a bill into law that would eliminate waste in defense projects and was working to improve the economy so that veterans can find a good job, provide for their families and earn a college degree.
I really thought he'd get it straight this year after saying this last year: "some of whom are here today"?? (He was referring to fallen soldiers)!! But I guess it's not that important to him to get it right.
He did say:
Of course he also said:President Barack Obama saluted veterans and urged his countrymen to do the same this Memorial Day weekend, saying the nation has not always paid them proper respect.
-- Pres. Barack Obama, 05/25/2009
Don't know about you folks but I went out to the Veterens Cemetery for the Honor Guard presentation, then went out and fired off fifty rounds in the desert. It was the absolute least I could do.We've got to get the job done [in Afghanistan] and that requires us to have enough troops that we are not just air raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there.
-- Sen. Barack Obama, 08/13/2007