Conservative Patriots Group

Barack Obama was nearly denied the photo-op he traveled to Dover AirForce Base for early this morning as all but one of the military andcivilian families of the fallen refused permission for the media toreport on the return of their loved ones.

The sole family to allow media coverage was the family of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin.

According to media reports, Griffin's casket was the last to bebrought off the C-17 cargo plane that carried the bodies of 15 soldiersand 3 DEA agents killed this week in Afghanistan.

That is a stark contrast to the reported 60% approval by familiesfor media coverage since Obama lifted the ban on media coverage inApril. Byron York reported a month ago that media interest hasplummeted since April such that at most dignified transfers there isonly an AP stringer there to take still photographs.

Obama met with the families of the fallen at a base chapel before the dignified return took place.

George Bush routinely met with families of the fallen. Many of themmet in the Oval Office. Pictures were only taken at the family’srequest. Bush and Cheney met privately with many families. They were very discreet as they understood it wasn’t about them.

Obama won't send more troops, won't do a surge, has rules ofengagement that only aid the terrorists, cuts back on money for ourmilitary's needs all of which causing our troops to be killed, and thenhe then stands and salutes that they are dead. Sickening.

Seventeen out of 18 families denied him and he didn’t have the respect or grace to back off on this tasteless self-promoting photo op?