U.S. Army Capt. Megan O’Conner, a Paktia Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs team chief, discusses renovations to the justice center compound with the provincial director of the attorney general department using an interpreter in Gardez City, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2009. The team works with provincial and local officials to identify reconstruction projects for funding. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker IIIFrom The Hill:
On Memorial Day weekend, President Obama paid tribute to the country's troops in his weekly radio address.
"Our fighting men and women - and the military families who love them - embody what is best in America," Obama said . "And we have a responsibility to serve all of them as well as they serve all of us."
Obama said that the public often does not live up to that responsibility.
"We have failed to give them the support they need or pay them the respect they deserve," the president said. "That is a betrayal of the sacred trust that America has with all who wear - and all who have worn - the proud uniform of our country."
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My Comment: President Obama should also look at some of his friends ....