Posted on 01/02/2009 2:58:59 AM PST by careyb
HONOLULU | President-elect Barack Obama will have a Commander in Chief's Ball during his inauguration with military personnel, their spouses and those wounded fighting in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as guests.
In the announcement Thursday, officials said that tickets for the Jan. 20 military-only ball will be free to guests. The formal event will be at the National Building Museum in Washington.
"It is a privilege to honor our men and women in uniform during our inaugural festivities by continuing the tradition of the Commander in Chief's Ball. Our troops represent the best America has to offer, and without their dedication and sacrifice, we would not be able to enjoy the freedoms that we are coming together to celebrate on January 20," Mr. Obama said in a statement released while he vacationed in his native Hawaii.
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That is the reason I left the Marine Corps after ten years! If I was in today, I would probably being looking for the door!
lol if they could get away with it. over yonder is the air and space museum, Lincoln memorial, National gallery...
They will sit at the right hand of the Obamanation..
A call for volunteers will be issued - - and if you value what’s left of your career - - you will volunteer.
President Bush did many many things with and for the Military, and the vast majority had no press involved, and were itentionally kept that way. Fauxbama is Clinton all over again, no respect or understanding of the military but will make sure they are there to be his prop when the camera’s are running.
A head fake to the right before he crams socialized medicine and gays in the military down our throats
What will work? Isolating the military from the rest of the party goers? If he really supported the military, they wouldn’t have their own ball, but he’d freely include them in every event.
LLS
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