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No Swords at Graduation
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6/10/2009 9:23:07 PM
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U.S.N.A. Graduation this year
Washington Times Article
.......Obama's protectors have ordered graduating midshipmen....and I suppose Commissioned Officers through Flag rank...to leave their swords at home.
Ceremonial swords never seemed to bother the Secret Service for any previous President. And before World War II, the swords
were not particularly "ceremonial", I've seen some of those blades, boarding actions did occur on the China Station pre-war against river pirates, warlords, etc. Those swords were worn not just to graduation, but to Inaugurations, in the receiving line
at the White House afterward, to the Inaugural Ball. Somehow nobody gave it a second thought. Somehow even Presidents in the past didn't presume to specify items of uniform. But of course, what worked for Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, F.D.R., the Bushes, T.R., any other rational non-cult leader.....doesn't work for this
former state senator anointed by the Chicago machine. Does he secretly consider our Naval and Military leaders "the enemy"?
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