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WHAT WAS THAT EXACTLY…BY SKIP BENSLEY WRITTEN MARCH 28, 2016 Was it really trying to do too much or did it lack everything? Thats the question I came away with. This I think I know. lex luthor is a very … Continue reading
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On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama danced the tango at a state dinner in Argentina. By the next morning, a bipartisan chorus of disapproval of the optics was bursting out on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Obama should not have canceled his trip to Argentina after the attacks in Brussels, said Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, but his recent photo op at a baseball game in Cuba and his tango left much to be desired.
“Argentina is actually one of the very rare good news stories in the world,” Haass said, referring to the government’s transition from former President Cristina Kirchner. “You have a new democratic government. They’re doing the right things economically, they’re doing the right things politically. It’s a good story.”
“However, the advance person who let him do the tango, that person ought to be looking for work on somebody’s — in somebody’s campaign very, very far away,” Haass remarked. “That was a tremendous mistake. It’s fine to go to Argentina, you want to do the work, but you’ve got to be careful of these little photo ops and optics. Baseball games and tangos, that’s inconsistent with the seriousness of the day.”
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Obama should not have canceled his trip to Argentina after the attacks in Brussels, said Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, but his recent photo op at a baseball game in Cuba and his tango left much to be desired.
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Separated at Birth? @theJeffBridges from Ironman bottom and @letterman above from last week in St Barts.
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Kill them with kindness. An idea that never gets old. Source: kushandwizdom
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Presidential Proclamation – Honoring the Victims of the Attack
in Brussels, Belgium
HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The American people stand with the people of Brussels. We
will do whatever it takes, working with nations and peoples around the world,
to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice, and to go after
terrorists who threaten our people
As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of
violence perpetrated on March 22, 2016, in Brussels,Belgium, by the authority
vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United
States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public
buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all
naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and
throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset,
March 26, 2016. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff
for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular
offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and
naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
fortieth.
BARACK OBAMA
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