Did Bill Clinton EVER attend any military funerals?

[Rick Myers]

For US troops, crew members of the USS Cole, or any other?

I don't recall any...

Thanks for any info!!!

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. yes

i have seen a picture of him standing over a soldiers coffin

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. absolutely

and I recall seeing pictures. Do a search, and I know you'll find them.

[democracyindanger]

3. Yes

Can't name any off the top of my head, but it's easy enough to google.

[hlthe2b]

4. Absolutely.....

[maveric]

5. Yes. For those killed on the USS Cole.

http://hnn.us/articles/1784.html

[Zorra]

6. So....why do you ask?.....?

BTW, no US troops were killed in action under President Clinton.

[name not needed]

7. In Somalia

But that was one of Poppy's wars.

[hlthe2b]

10. Not true.... Mogadishu, USS Cole; Embassy bombings.

[maveric]

11. Wasnt Mogadishu in 92?

He wasnt prez then.

[hlthe2b]

15. 10/3/93: Somalia was Bush I's mess, but Clinton inherited it.

On October 3, 1993 Task Force Ranger raided the Olympic Hotel in Mogadishu to search for Aidid. This led to a seventeen-hour battle in which eighteen U.S. soldiers were killed and eighty-four were wounded. Bodies of dead American soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, shown on international news reports. Hundreds of Somalis also died, although the official number has never been released. This was the longest, most bloody battle for U.S troops since the Vietnam War. On October 7 President Clinton responded by withdrawing U.S. troops from Somalia. The hunt for Aidid was abandoned, although U.S. representatives were sent to resume negotiations with clan leaders.

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/Somalia93/Somalia93.html

[papau]

17. None killed in Clinton intervention into Balkan - but others did die.

Just for the record

:-)

[TryingToWarnYou]

23. Except the ones on the Cole

[dennis4868]

8. ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE.....

[maveric]

9. Except for chimpie.

[dennis4868]

13. He's not president!

a resident of Gore's house!

[Catfight]

12. Yes, he's known as the crying President, he was very compassionate.

Clinton was warm and loving. Unlike Bush, aloof and afraid. It shows you the contrast of how cowardly Bush is and selfish he is, he doesn't want to associate himself with funerals because it's a political loss for him, Clinton didn't care, he put politics aside and people loved him for it.

That's what John Kerry needs to drive home. I would say tomorrow, "While Bush has spent hours thinking up clever little trite slogans, 1000 soldiers have died and he doesn't have the time to honor them!"

[Melinda]

14. Yes:

Bill Clinton - Bill Clinton attended a service in October 2000 in memory of the 17 sailors killed in the attack on the USS Cole.

After the terrorist bombing the Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City he publicly grieved with the families of the victims at an event that was regarded at the time as a turning point in his presidency.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/archives/003557.html

Clinton met returning coffins from Kosovo and, in an elaborate ceremony, was on hand for the arrival of the bodies of his former commerce secretary Ronald Brown and 32 others killed in a 1996 plane crash.

Pictures were allowed of incoming caskets after the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in 2000 and President George H.W. Bush helped eulogize Americans killed in Panama and Lebanon.

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=1213

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[Rick Myers]

18. Thanks, but I'm looking for actual funerals...

To blunt a Freep attack on a local Dems board...

Clinton WAS at Dover for the return of the Cole victims, and has EVEN been to Dover recently!!!

[Melinda]

20. Well if you want to "blunt" a "funeral" attack, use this:

http://hnn.us/articles/1784.html

How about that Nixon, Reagan, and Poppy?

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Wait a minute....There was a war during Clinton's presidency?!?

I had no idea.

[UpsideDownFlag]

22. lol

well, nothing quite like iraq, but there was bosnia, and somalia (the 2nd half, anyway).