◼ In the president´s weekly address, he said that the Veteran´s Day Holiday was an opportunity to say "thank you" to those who had served. - The Hill
◼ DID YOU CATCH THE IRONIC PART IN OBAMA’S VETERANS DAY SPEECH? - The Blaze
President Barack Obama on Monday heralded one of the oldest living veterans in America, even talking about his trip to the nation’s capital this year as part of the Honor Flight program.
That would be the same Honor Flight program that brought veterans to Washington, D.C., last month who entered the World War II Memorial in defiance of the government shutdown.
Barricades were placed around the World War II Memorial and other monuments on the National Mall to keep visitors out during the shutdown. Some veterans, aided by members of Congress, ignored the barricades and went to visit the memorial anyway.
Richard Overton, 107, of Austin, Texas, was not part of the group that visited in October, but went with a group of veterans in May. It was nevertheless veterans from Honor Flight who were initially barred from seeing the open-air monuments in Washington....
