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What Color Is The Sky In Palin's World?

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Palin's saying Obama wasn't acknowledging the sacrifices of our troops can mean only two things: either her mind exists on an entirely different planet, or she knows she's being completely disingenuous.

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Obama's Visit to Section 60 Reminds America of War Dead -- Again

Tom Matzzie | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Tom Matzzie

President Obama chose to spotlight the ultimate sacrifice that so many of America's servicemen and women have made -- and the military families who carry those sacrifices as well.

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Lawrence O'Donnell Slams Liz Cheney For Criticizing Obama's Trip To Honor Fallen Soldiers (VIDEO)

Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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On "Countdown" Friday night, host Lawrence O'Donnell called out Liz Cheney for criticizing President Obama's visit to Dover Air Force Base to honor th...

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Obama's Dover Salute Is an Iconic Image of His Presidency

Tom Matzzie | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Tom Matzzie

Obama didn't have to go to Dover. Bush never went we're told. He could've stayed at the White House and kept some distance from the war. But instead he put himself firmly in front as commander in chief.

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Obama Visits Dover Air Force Base To Honor Fallen Soldiers

Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** BEN FELLER, Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Standing in the pre-dawn darkness, President Barack Obama...

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Soldier Suicides: The War Condolences Obama Won't Send

Amy Goodman | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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Amy Goodman

Gregg Keesling said that when he and his wife went to Dover Air Force Base to greet their son's coffin, a master sergeant said: "I'm greeting a suicide body almost every day. There's something going on."

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Memorial Day: A History

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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Kenneth C. Davis

'Why don't the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?'

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Media Witness Return Of War Casualty For First Time In 18 Years

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.06.2009 | Media

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DOVER, Del. — For the first time since an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead was lifted, the media witnessed the arrival Sunday ...

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Wars Made Real: Photography at Dover Air Force Base

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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Gail Vida Hamburg

Let's all pat ourselves on the back for being American patriots: let's fire up the grill, get plastered on booze, eat ourselves into a stupor, watch television, go shopping and call it Memorial Day.

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Time To Reverse 'Dover' Policy

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

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Jon Soltz

Showing unidentified flag-draped coffins coming into Dover (or any other ports of entry) is an unfortunate part of war that the public has a right to see.

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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home

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Sen. Frank Lautenberg

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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