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Retired Admiral McRaven chokes up while speaking to President Obama. (Original Post) Swede Oct 2025 OP
K and R Celerity Oct 2025 #1
Hope all take the time to watch this clip, you won't regret it. But it may cause a few tears. MLAA Oct 2025 #2
How refreshing to see a man who respects the office underpants Oct 2025 #3
Oh, President Obama, how I long for another president like you. MIButterfly Oct 2025 #4

MLAA

(19,800 posts)
2. Hope all take the time to watch this clip, you won't regret it. But it may cause a few tears.
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 04:50 PM
Oct 2025

Thanks, Swede.

underpants

(197,171 posts)
3. How refreshing to see a man who respects the office
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 05:01 PM
Oct 2025

We had that just 10 months ago.

Both “got” the power and responsibility of where and what they were.

MIButterfly

(3,137 posts)
4. Oh, President Obama, how I long for another president like you.
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 06:31 PM
Oct 2025

I had forgotten how normal (and great) it was to hear an intelligent, compassionate, caring president speak so eloquently in full sentences. Instead, we are subjected to a doddering old fool incoherently spewing gibberish on a daily basis. That some people prefer the latter to the former is something I will never comprehend.


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