Saturday, November 12, 2011

President Obama On Veteran's Day


Saluting America's Heroes: Obama Joins Sailors At End Of Emotional Veterans Day To Watch College Basketball Spectacle On Aircraft Carrier That Buried Bin Laden At Sea -- Daily Mail

Soaking in one of the most spectacular settings of his time in office, President Barack Obama pledged an unwavering commitment to veterans Friday from the deck of an aircraft carrier doubling, for one night, as a gleaming basketball court.

The president's patriotic message to the military crowd, while welcomed, was secondary to the scene itself.

The players from two storied basketball programmes, No. 1 North Carolina and Michigan State, competed aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the open air, in the dusk of a perfect San Diego evening, the Associated Press reports.

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My Comment: Impressive array of pics from The Daily Mail.

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