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Veteran's Story About Michelle Obama Using War Amputees as Photo Props
soopermexican.com ^ | 3/5/13 | soopermexy

Posted on 03/05/2013 2:16:00 PM PST by Nachum

I caught this story being posted, and asked for permission to blog it – it’s pretty harrowing:

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

I've had veterans tell me a very similar story: Kids forced to go hungry for hours during Michelle Obama media event http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/04/lets-starve-kids-forced-to-go-hungry-for-hours-during-michelle-obama-media-event/ … 5:12 PM - 04 Mar 13

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

.@AZ_Susan She told the soldiers and caregivers from Walter Reed they were receiving an award and having a luncheon. Neither one existed.

After considering whether to tell the story, J.R. relented:

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

In light of Michelle Obama using hungry school kids as props, let me tell you a story about some wounded soldiers it happened to last year. 4:08 AM - 05 Mar 13

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

The following was told to me by the wife of a double amputee who was wounded in Afghanistan, and recovering at Walter Reed. 4:09 AM - 05 Mar 13

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

In 2012 some wounded warriors wives were told they'd receive awards for their duties as non-medical attendants NMA caring for their husbands

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

The award ceremony would be a luncheon at the Dept of Labor with Michelle Obama, and their wounded husbands would need to attend as well.

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

Despite the fact many wounded amputees were still hospitalized and had IVs and PICC lines, they were told they had to find dress uniforms. 4:20 AM - 05 Mar 13

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

The found uniforms and got them onto the wounded troops best they could. Unit crests, patches, tabs and awards were a bit half hazard.

J.R. Salzman @jrsalzman

The day of the event the wounded warriors and wives were bused from Walter Reed to the Dept of Labor for the award ceremony and

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To: Yaelle
You might want to check out this military blog...strong reporting and strong commentary. You can pose the question to them, and see if anyone has heard of this story and can give more information.

www.blackfive.net

21 posted on 03/05/2013 4:09:59 PM PST by itssme
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To: Nachum

This doesn’t surprise me at all. If O or his worse half were to ever come to my building office at the military installation I work at, I would refuse to be seen with either of them. I would disobey a direct order if I had to.


22 posted on 03/05/2013 4:30:17 PM PST by ducttape45
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To: Nachum

I do not believe this administration has cared for the military much ever.

But since September 2, 2011 they probably really do not like or trust any military.


23 posted on 03/05/2013 6:13:48 PM PST by bluecat6 ("All non-denial denials. They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate. ")
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To: albie

One word may suffice: tyrants


24 posted on 03/06/2013 10:30:22 AM PST by Loud Mime (Conservatives refused to unite; now we pay the price!)
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