'He Took The Spotlight': 9/11 Families Angry Over Obama's Handling Of Bin Laden's Death -- The Daily Mail
* One relative complains Mr Obama 'turned his back on her' at World Trade Center site
* Family turns down invitation as it said 'dear family member' - with no name
* Father of victim says president 'put too much spotlight on himself'
When he visited Ground Zero today, President Obama kept the ceremony deliberately low key to fend off suggestions he was revelling in the death of Osama Bin Laden.
But that hasn't stop some relatives of the 9/11 victims criticizing him for his 'self-congratulatory' handling of the killing.
One, Debra Burlingame, said the president was 'using families in what is a transparent political ploy'.
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My Comment: Regular readers of this blog know that I have been a critic of this President since day one, but with the death of Bin Laden he has (in my opinion) handled himself extremely well. Will this satisfy some of his critics .... of course not. But this week has been a good week .... and it happened on his watch.
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