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After Criticism, Obama Finally Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Tenn. Victims
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godlyitems
on 22/07/2015, 17:27:45 UTC
President Obama has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff at the White House and federal buildings across the country to honor the victims of last week's shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tenn., after facing pressure from lawmakers and others...

...He ordered flags flown at half-staff at the White House and "all public buildings and grounds," as well as over military posts and naval stations and vessels -- until July 25. Flags will be flown at half-staff at U.S. embassies and other overseas diplomatic offices.

The decision comes after congressional leaders ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered to half-staff earlier in the day -- that decision fueled questions over why the White House hadn't yet done the same...

Read Here-
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/21/us-capitol-flags-lowered-to-honor-tennessee-victims/

After 5 days, the president who has spent much of his tenure whitewashing Islamist terrorism, aka "violent extremism", has finally gotten around to ordering the lowering of the American flag to half-mast at public buildings in memory of the 5 servicemen who were murdered by Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez in Chattanooga last week.

How many days did it take him to light up the White House after the gay "marriage" ruling?Last I checked nothing had been done to harden the facilities of military recruiters, but maybe that problem will get fixed before some IS fanboy shoots up another recruitment center (?).