President Barack Obama once promised, as a U.S. Senator, to honor veterans of the Cold War, who have never received official recognition and are therefore prevented from full participation in many Veterans Day celebrations. But he never fulfilled that promise--neither in the Senate nor the White House--leaving Cold War veterans in the cold.
This weekend, the Wall Street Journal documented the promise, made in 2006 to Frank Almquist, an Illinois constituent who had served in the Army in the 1980s. A medal for Cold War veterans seemed "appropriate," Obama wrote, and wrote that he hoped "this impasse can be broken soon." He never took up the task.
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Muslims do not honor any American Veterans.
He'll act on that promise if it becomes politically expedient.
Uh... He didnt and wont honor the veterans of the cold war because he did not like the outcome.
He is a communist. A radical, and a muslim sympathizer.
Such a shame the democratic party has been overtaken by Obama, Axelrod, Jarrett and the rest who want a socialist state.
They will now destroy America.
So the WSJ article says
"In 2006, Mr. Almquist, who lives in Illinois, complained to his then-senator, Barack Obama. Mr. Obama emailed back, calling a Cold War medal "appropriate," and hoping "that this impasse can be broken soon." It wasn't. Now the vets intend to ask him to create the medal by executive order."
and Breitbart says that's a promise? Uh, sorry Breitbart. That's not a promise.
Kevin-The definition of promise isn't just a committment or a pledge to absolutely do something. It also means an indication of something to come.
Obama's own words indicated an expectation such as: The clouds promised rain. When you see clouds in the sky, it is an indication of rain but not a guarantee.
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