"I know this trip doesn't get any easier as the years pass, but for those of you who make it, there's nothing that could keep you away. One such veteran, a man named Jim Norene, was a member of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Division of the 101st Airborne. Last night, after visiting this cemetery for one last time, he passed away in his sleep. Jim was gravely ill when he left his home, and he knew that he might not return. But just as he did 65 years ago, he came anyway. May he now rest in peace with the boys he once bled with, and may his family always find solace in the heroism he showed here."-- Barack Obama, from his speech at the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
Links
- Steve Benen
- Daily Kos
- Talking Points Memo
- Political Wire
- The Plum Line
- Huffington Post
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- Kevin Drum
- Salon
- Empty Wheel
- Axios
- Ed Kilgore
- Washington Monthly
- First Read
- PoliticusUSA
- Right Wing Watch
- The Onion
- The Rude Pundit
- Eschaton
- The Raw Story
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- Hullabaloo
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
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