Daily Mail: Trump visits Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to the four Americans killed in Syria bomb blast as their remains are repatriated in moving military ceremony
* Donald Trump visited the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday for a transfer ceremony
* The remains of the four Americans killed in a bomb attack in Syria on Wednesday were returned to American soil
* The president offered a respectful salute to their caskets
* The four victims are: Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent, civilian Scott A. Wirtz and Arabic translator Ghadir Taher
* He said: 'When I'm going to meet relatives of some of our great, great heroes that have fallen, I think it might be the toughest thing I have to do as president'
* Attack came a month after Trump announced he'd be pulling troops from Syria
* Prior to attending the ceremony he blasted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
* He said she's 'controlled by the radical left' for opposing his border wall
Donald Trump touched down at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where he respectfully saluted the caskets carrying the remains of the four Americans tragically killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria.
The president visited the base to pay tribute to the lives lost in the deadly attack on Wednesday in the northern Syrian town of Manbij.
The president looked serious as he raised his arm during the moving ceremony that honored Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent, former Navy SEAL and civilian Scott A. Wirtz and Arabic translator Ghadir Taher.
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Update #1: President Trump meets with families of soldiers killed in Syria -- ABC News
Update #2: Trump Travels To Dover AFB For Dignified Transfer Of 4 Americans Killed In Syria -- NPR
WNU Editor: For a President, this must be the hardest part of the job.
3 comments:
Oddly, no media comments that I can see (certainly not to this extent) about SGT Cameron Meddock, 2/75th Rangers of Spearman, Texas, who died 17 Jan 2019 in Landstuhl from wounds sustained in Afghanistan on 12 Jan.
His death noted in any number of places
"His death noted in any number of places"
Fred above the fold or below the fold?
On page six or page 1, 2, or 3?
Now that we for the most part do not have news papers, we need new metrics.
Just because the MSM mentioned it is not enough context. You have to analyze placement for web traffic for the story.
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