Topic: Dover
After watching fallen Americans borne home from Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said Thursday the war's heavy human toll was weighing on his decision on whether to order more troops into battle.Obama spoke movingly of his surprise, midnight trip to a Delaware air ...
President Barack Obama said Thursday his poignant trip to witness the return of fallen Americans from Afghanistan was a sobering reminder of extraordinary sacrifices demanded by the eight-year war.Obama added that the price paid by US soldiers would influence how he sees ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday he had lifted a ban on media coverage of the return of flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, reversing a controversial policy dating back to 1991.The decision would leave it up ...
