Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Commander In Chief Welcomes the troops home...





U.S. President Barack Obama holds onto his wife and first lady Michelle Obama as she speaks to troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina December 14, 2011.



KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT - DECEMBER 14:  U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Matthew Masson from Apollo Beach, Florida (L) and Staff Sergeant Derrick Smalls from Charleston, South Carolina listen as U.S. President Barack Obama, in a televised speech, thanks the troops...

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama react after speaking to troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina December 14, 2011.


U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks to troops at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina December 14, 2011.

Troops yell in support at U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina December 14, 2011.

Soldiers at Fort Bragg listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his visit to North Carolina December 14, 2011. The visit is seen as marking the end of the Iraq war with a tribute to the troops who fought and died in a conflict Obama opposed...


President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet members of the military at Fort Bragg, N.C. , Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.







Admiral William McRaven speaks respectfully of Bush as Commander in Chief, saying he “made some very, very tough decisions.” About Obama, without a question to prompt him, he waxes lyrical and at length. The planning and decision-making for the bin Laden raid, he volunteers, “was really everything the American public would expect from their national leadership.”


“The President was at all times presidential,” he says. “I would contend he was the smartest guy in the room. He had leadership skills we’d expect from a guy who had 35 years in the military.”






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