Obama’s Memorial Day Photo-Op Blocks Families, Vets From D.C. Vietnam Memorial Wall For 7 Hours

Obama’s Memorial Day Photo-Op Blocks Families, Vets From D.C. Vietnam Memorial Wall For 7 Hours.(5440Fight).Obama’s secret service shut down the memorial for most of the day, as families and veterans who had come to pay their respects to fallen loved ones were forced to stay hundreds of feet away. Why? So that the Narcissist-in-Chief could show up for 15-minute speech and photo-op with his carefully selected fans in the audience.
In his campaign speech remarks, Obama made sure to mention that: “As long as I’m president, we will make sure you and your loved ones will receive the benefits you’ve earned and the respect you deserve,” Obama said. “America will be there for you.”
Wow. How did our veterans ever get their benefits before the benevolent Obamessiah came to office? Is that his argument for why they should vote for him? Because their benefits are only available “as long as I’m president?”
Perhaps he’s hoping they’ll forget that he he suspended hazard pay for deployed U.S. troops, terminated 157 Air Force Majors without retirement benefits,, and proposed a budget that would cut healthcare benefits for active duty and retired US military while protecting union benefits.


Kristinn at Free Republic confirms the story:


So this is how Obozo honors those who served….I just had this passed on from a friend who was at the wall this morning:

I normally try to avoid political statements, but this one is a bit different. This was received by Colonel Wayne Morris just a few moments ago, who was refused access to the Vietnam War Memorial, where he has visited his fallen comrades for the last 15 years. Today is Memorial Day and I went to the Vietnam Memorial and something happened there that upset me greatly and I want to pass it on. For over 15 years I had been going with my dear Marine buddy, Larry Cullen. Since he passed away last year and was interned at Arlington Cemetery, I went this year accompanied by my grandson, Cameron. I had my list of Recon Marines, school classmates, and Larry’s fallen buddies to visit but, as we got close to the area of the National Mall where the Wall is located, we saw huge white tents. We also saw barricades all along Constitution Ave and for a couple blocks in each direction from the Wall. They even closed down all of Constitution Av from the Lincoln Memorial all the way to the WW-II Memorial and there was a virtual army of uniformed and plain-clothes security everywhere. The biggest tent was right at the west end of the Wall entrance and there was a covered walkway leading right up to The Wall. It was so close, you couldn’t get to the Wall on that side so, my grandson and I went all the way around to the eastern entrance to the Wall and walked down along the Wall to the first of my names and I began telling my grandson about my buddies and how each one died. In short order, a guy in a dark suit and earpiece in his ear told us we had to leave as it was 0730 and they were closing Memorial until at least 1400 so the President could drop by. I asked if he was serious and he assured me he was. We and all the other veterans and families were forced to leave and it was locked down. The Vietnam Memorial is the most visited site on the entire National Mall. Memorial Day has more visitors to the Vietnam Memorial than almost any other day. Even at the rather early hour Cameron and I were there, there were a lot of veterans and family members down there. In the midst of all that, Obama decides to close it for over seven hours just so he can roll by for 30 minutes in the afternoon for a campaign appearance with Democrats, supporters, and campaign donors? This is an incredulously arrogant, egotistical, and inconsiderate thing to do. What in hell was Obama thinking? Hey President Obama: Since you ran me (and all the other veterans and family members) out of the Memorial before we finished our business there, how about doing me a favor. If you can take a short break from all the grippin’, grinnin’, posin’ and pontificatin’, how about taking a minute or two to stop by and say hello to my fellow Recon Marines and other classmates on the Wall. I suspect you’ll be too busy with photo ops, campaigning, and stroking donors to be troubled with a couple minutes doing what the Memorial was built for but, just in case, here’s a list so you can have your man find them and point them out to you. Hope you have a Meaningful Memorial Day. 

Joseph J. JONES; 53-W-02 

Sherwood David Kreis, 42-W-40 

Dale Kagebein, 34-W-50 

Jerry Bock, 25-W-95 

Larry Daniels, 09-E- 66 

Joe Mack Kemp, 09-E-69 

Rhonda L. Raglan, 09-E-70 

Robert L. Studards, 09-E-71 

Jose D. Flores, 09-E-74 

Arthur Willie Greene, 14-E-56 

Eric Barnes, 17-E-41 

Godfried Blankenship, 17-E-48 

Michael Ray Smith, 19-E-113 

Ervin Lovell, 19-E-120 

William D. Martin, 25-E- 87 

Michael L. Laporte, 26-E-1 

Ronald Frederick Kitzke, 32-E-76 

Charles Harris, 34-E-48 

Robert Tracy, 34-E-72 

Michael G. Murdock, 36-E-57 

Maybe it would have been better for everyone if Obama had just gone golfing like last year. Unfortunately, this is what veterans and their families have to suffer when Obama is in full campaign mode.No wonder a recent Gallup poll showed veterans prefer Mitt Romney to Obama, 58% to 34%.Read the full story here.

Obama: “America will be there for you", Rising number of homeless female US veterans.

Obama: “America will be there for you", Rising number of homeless female US veterans.(WP).By Annie Gowen.Four years ago, Veronica Witherspoon was stationed in Baghdad, enduring roiling sandstorms and nearly daily rocket fire as she worked as a Navy petty officer at Camp Victory.

By January, she had left the military, lost her job as a civilian contractor, split with her husband and ended up virtually homeless, bunking with family members. Deeply ashamed of her predicament and desperate for a way out, she ran across a story on a military Web site about a new program for female veterans called Final Salute.
The shelter for female vets opened its doors in a quiet Fairfax County cul-de-sac in November. The group home, the brainchild of an Army captain who was once homeless, is one of a small but growing number of women-only shelters that have opened up across the country to cater to a rising number of women who have wound up on the street after their military service.
In recent years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has made strides in a campaign to end veteran homelessness by 2015. Although the overall number of homeless veterans declined 12 percent between 2010 and 2011, the number of homeless female veterans is increasing, the VA said in a draft report this month. Women are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless veteran population.Officially, homeless female veterans number 3,328, a figure that doubled from 2006 to 2010, according to an estimate from the Government Accountability Office. The GAO says the data are incomplete and that the number is probably higher. Many of these homeless women are mothers, middle-aged or suffering from a disability.
Last year, the VA served an estimated 14,847 female veterans who were homeless, formerly homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to Stacy Vasquez, deputy director of the department’s homeless-veterans initiative.Hmmmm........Obama:"As long as I’m president, we will make sure you and your loved ones will receive the benefits you’ve earned and the respect you deserve,” Obama said. “America will be there for you."Read the full story here.

Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep.

                                                Alex at his mom's Grave April 2012


Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep..

In April he told me how much he missed his late Mother. Little did i know my answer to him would come true so fast.

 "I can not even start to imagine how you feel, to me loosing my mother would be like loosing part of myself. We talk every day to each other.But remember one day you will see her again.Death is only the beginning of a new journey, we go to sleep in one room and wake up in another." 

You must have a lot of catching up to do with your mom.
One day we'll meet again..........Keep a cold one ready my friend.

Will.

My condolences to the Munch Family, His Father of who he was so proud and his two awesome sons Amnon and Jonathan who were his reasons to live.

His Blog can be found here.

Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep

                                                Alex at his mom's Grave April 2012


Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep.

In April he told me how much he missed his late Mother. Little did i know my answer to him would come true so fast.

 "I can not even start to imagine how you feel, to me loosing my mother would be like loosing part of myself. We talk every day to each other.But remember one day you will see her again.Death is only the beginning of a new journey, we go to sleep in one room and wake up in another." 

You must have a lot of catching up to do with your mom.
One day we'll meet again..........Keep a cold one ready my friend.

Will.

My condolences to the Munch Family, His Father of who he was so proud and his two awesome sons Amnon and Jonathan who were his reasons to live.

His Blog can be found here.

Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep.

                                                Alex at his mom's Grave April 2012


Alexander Munch 1948-2012 veteran of The Six-Day War has passed away in his sleep.

In April he told me how much he missed his late Mother. Little did i know my answer to him would come true so fast.

 "I can not even start to imagine how you feel, to me loosing my mother would be like loosing part of myself. We talk every day to each other.But remember one day you will see her again.Death is only the beginning of a new journey, we go to sleep in one room and wake up in another." 

You must have a lot of catching up to do with your mom.
One day we'll meet again..........Keep a cold one ready my friend.

Will.

My condolences to the Munch Family, His Father of who he was so proud and his two awesome sons Amnon and Jonathan who were his reasons to live.

His Blog can be found here.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be closed to the public at 6 a.m. on May 28 and will reopen at about 3:30 p.m. After President Obama's visit.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be closed to the public at 6 a.m. on May 28 and will reopen at about 3:30 p.m. After President Obama's visit.(VietnamWar50th).Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta will host the President at a ceremony on Monday, May 28, 2012, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to thank and honor America’s Vietnam veterans on behalf of a grateful nation. This is a special event for invited guests including thousands of Vietnam veterans, their loved ones, Gold Star families and leadership from the military services, Cabinet and Congress. There will be a limited viewing area open to the general public. The Memorial Day ceremony marks the beginning of the national commemoration of the Vietnam War’s 50th anniversary program and is a joint effort between the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the National Park Service and the Department of Defense. The event will include remarks, a moment of silence, music and ceremonial elements, and a flyover of military aircraft that will include helicopters and a B-52 bomber, will begin at 1 p.m. EDT. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, secretary of defense and Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran, and other dignitaries are scheduled to speak. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be closed to the public at 6 a.m. on May 28 and will reopen after the ceremony concludes at about 3:30 p.m. Road closures will include Constitution from the Memorial Bridge to 15th Street, Henry Bacon Drive, and 23rd St. from Constitution to Independence. It is strongly suggested that visitors use public transportation. More information on road closures will be announced by the National Park Service. There is limited seating for the public (approx 3,000 seats) in the “Blue” seating area near The Wall. All guests must show photo ID and arrive no later than 12:30 p.m. to pass through security check points near 21st and Constitution Ave. in Washington, D.C. No bottled water or food, no knives, no weapons of any type, no sharp metal objects such as nail files, etc. will be allowed past the security screening points. For more information visit http://www.vietnamwar50th.com.Hmmmm......Remember it's all about the President.According to a new book, Obama got sick of shaking the troops’ hands while on a trip to Baghdad. “He didn’t want to take pictures with any more soldiers; he was complaining about it,” a State Department official tells me.Read the full statement Here.