In this undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Defense and obtained by thememoryhole.org shows flag-draped coffins of U.S. war casualties aboard a cargo plane in Dover, Del. News organizations will be allowed to photograph the homecomings of America's war dead under a new Pentagon policy, defense and congressional officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Department of Defense via thememoryhole.org, File) From Yahoo News/AP:
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is reversing an 18-year ban on news coverage of the return of war dead, allowing photographs of flag-covered caskets when families of the fallen troops agree, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
"My conclusion was we should not presume to make the decision for the families," Gates said in announcing results of a quick review of a ban that had stood through Republican and Democratic administrations.
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Update: Pentagon to Allow Media Photos of Returning War Dead -- FOX News
My Comment: The new U.S. rules actually follows what Canada does for its returning soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. It has worked well in Canada, and should also do so in the U.S..
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