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NEW YORK — President Barack Obama arrived in New York City Thursday morning, on a mission to bury the memory of Osama bin Laden by honoring those who died in the fiery Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. In private talks with families and a somber ceremony at Ground Zero, Obama wants to let New York have its own moment of justice. His trip comes after the president sharply rejected calls to release photos of a slain bin Laden so the world could see some proof of death. The president said he would not risk giving propaganda...

Gov. Dannel Malloy will join President Obama at Ground Zero Thursday for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor those lost on 9/11. The President made the decision to visit the site of the World Trade Center attacks after Sunday's announcement that a Navy SEAL team had killed Osama bin Laden in a compound inside Pakistan. News of bin Laden's death was bittersweet for the families who lost loved one's in the Sept. 11 attacks orchestrated by the terrorist leader. Gov. Malloy was invited by President Obama to Thursday's noon ceremony to represent the 152 people who lived or had ties to...

Obama has visited NYC dozens of times since becoming President. During that time he has never once visited Ground Zero.

Unconscionable. Politicizing. A slap in the face. Those were the kinds of phrases the left deployed against President George W. Bush to suggest he was exploiting the memory of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. These same voices are now giddy with delight at the prospect of President Obama’s “mission accomplished” visit to Ground Zero on Thursday. Such hypocrisy is par for the course. Under other circumstances the planned wreath-laying would invite less controversy. Honoring those who fell on 9/11 days after Osama bin Laden’s demise is fitting. Given the care Mr. Obama ordered be given bin Laden’s remains, it would...

Still Looking for a Bounce, Obama Raises Stakes for Ground Zero Trip "President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday. He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight. He continues to celebrate with all Americans this important victory in the war on terror." -- David Sherzer, spokesman for former President George W. Bush. It’s clear that the White House team is thinking very big when it comes to President Obama’s Thursday visit to Ground Zero, his first since taking office. Obama invited former President George W. Bush and former New...

It’s clear that the White House team is thinking very big when it comes to President Obama’s Thursday visit to Ground Zero, his first since taking office. Obama invited former President George W. Bush and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to hear him speak at the former site of the World Trade Center. Bush declined, and Giuliani’s status is unclear, but those are the kinds of guests one would invite for a major political event. Bush has a strong defense for declining. He has kept a low profile since leaving office and largely limited his public events to...

Obama invited former President George W. Bush and former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani to hear him speak at the former site of the World Trade Center. Bush declined, and Giuliani’s status is unclear, but those are the kinds of guests one would invite for a major political event. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/04/obamas-big-bet-ground-zero-speech/#ixzz1LOVrDZEw

President George W. Bush declined an invitation from the White House to join President Obama in a visit to Ground Zero Thursday. "President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday. He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight. He continues to celebrate with all Americans this important victory in the war on terror," according to a statement released by Bush spokesman David Sherzer late Tuesday.

President Obama invited former President George W. Bush to join him at ground zero in New York City on Thursday to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, but Mr. Bush declined, a spokesman for the former president confirmed on Tuesday. “President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday,” said his spokesman, David Sherzer. “He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight. He continues to celebrate with Americans this important victory in the war on terror.” The White House did not confirm that the invitation had been made or comment...

President Barack Obama has extended an invitation to Rudy Giuliani to join him at Ground Zero during his visit to the site of the 9/11 attacks on Thursday, a source told POLITICO. Continue Reading Giuliani and former President George W. Bush both received invitations. Bush declined, with one source suggesting it was to give Obama his moment. It's unclear what Giuliani will do, but the former New York mayor — who vaulted to global fame after the 9/11 terror attacks — spent part of the day on Monday in lower Manhattan near the 16-acre World Trade Center site, and has...

President Obama invited former President George W. Bush on a visit to Ground Zero on Thursday but Bush has declined, according to two people familiar with the situation. Obama will travel to the site of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11 in the days following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. special forces operation in Pakistan. He will meet with families of Sept. 11 victims, according to the Associated Press. Obama last went to Ground Zero in 2008.

Folks partying at Ground Zero, celebrating death of Osama bin Laden...turning into a giant campaign party for Obama...I would like to think it is a spontaneous mixed outpouring of support for America, but wonder if there's an astroturf, pro-Obama flash mob setup happening here?

Pres Obama invited Pres GW Bush to attend event at Ground Zero Thurs; Bush declined. Bush plans to be at GZ for 10 yr anniversary in Sept.

The last time President Obama went to Ground Zero was 2008, and he was with John McCain for what both campaigns described, without irony, as a non-political observance of the anniversary of the 2001 attacks. Any time a politician goes to Ground Zero -- in September or otherwise -- and especially with a retinue of national media in tow, it's deeply political. Which is what makes Obama's planned trip to Ground Zero on Thursday so curious. What's he going to say? How to avoid making a post-kill mission trip to the hallowed ground not appear exploitative and intensely political? "He...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An administration official says President Barack Obama will travel to New York City on Thursday to mark the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Obama is expected to visit ground zero, the site of al-Qaida's attack on the World Trade Center, and meet with the families of those killed nearly 10 years ago.

Rep. Keith Ellison, the Muslim Congressman from Minnesota who shed tears in protest over the congressional hearings on the growing radicalization of Muslims in the U.S., wrote the foreword to a book entitled Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet. In Arabic, “deen” means religious creed. The author of Green Deen is Ibrahim Abdul Matin. He wrote his book to demonstrate that there is a close relationship between Islam and modern environmentalism. It turns out Ellison would have been a good witness to how Muslims are being radicalized as foot solders not only for global Jihad but for...

The New Black Panther Party, the racist and radical black power group, has a big day ahead of it this coming Saturday. According to its website, it’s planning a massive 60-city “showdown.” And the day of rage will include a protest of “non-black” businesses. The group says it’s establishing a home base at an office building in Harlem, an area it’s modeling after revolutionary ground zero in Egypt. The site goes on to explain why its rallying: As in other revolutions, protests and uprisings going on around the earth, a showdown is looming for Saturday April 23rd as marchers with...

Chapel Hill, N.C. — The man behind a proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York spoke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday night. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf delivered the 2011 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship. During the lecture, he talked about the importance of Americans engaging with the Muslim community. He said the mosque is one way to help do that. "I'm committed to bridging relations between the country that I love and the religion that I love," Abdul Rauf said in front of a packed auditorium. Abdul Rauf, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was...

A critical hearing on the Ground Zero Mosque is scheduled for March 15th. The ACLJ will be delivering oral arguments to stop the building of this Islamic victory mosque in the New York State Supreme Court. This hearing marks the first stop in a lengthy legal process, and we need your voice to be heard with ours. Please join our Committee now, and stand with the ACLJ in the courtroom to defend the memory of the victims of 9/11 and stop this disturbing project.

Freepers...I actually have not heard any updates, court cases, or anything on this. What is the latest?