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http://bluestarchronicles.com/2011/08/29/obama-snubs-veterans-first-time-in-history-white-house-ignores-vfw-national-conference/

Obama Snubs Veterans: First Time in History White House Ignores VFW National Conference
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Aug
29
2011

For the first time in history the White House ignores (???????????????) the VFW National Conference. This year is the 112th national conference and President Barack Obama won’t be there. The veterans are furious. Luckily, Rick Perry addressed the gathering. (Luckily???? no writers bias here...)

I’m not sure I’d be so upset about Barack Obama snubbing the veterans at the 112th VFW National Conference. After all, he looks decidedly uncomfortable whenever he has to be around military men and women or veterans and he obviously has no earthly idea how to relate. Still, it is a pretty significant snub. It is the first time in the history of the VFW that a high level representative from the White House hasn’t been sent to speak at the convention since the founding of the organization 112 years ago.

Well, he’s been busy on vacation at Martha’s Vineyard and had to do that photo op at the hurricane command center and all. Not to mention, as I mentioned earlier, he seemed very uncomfortable around manly men.

The White House reported that they have tried, really tried to figure out a way to get someone there to speak to the VFW.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars convention this week will not feature a top-tier official from the Obama administration, a breach in tradition that the group’s commander described as an “insult of the highest magnitude.”

However, an administration official claimed Monday that the White House made “every effort” to provide a speaker for the event, offering up a range of top officials.

“In all instances, the VFW declined those offers,” the official said.

The veterans group is accustomed to playing host to the nation’s most powerful people at its national conference. Obama addressed the VFW in 2009, followed by Vice President Biden in 2010.

But the 2-million strong VFW accused the administration of snubbing its members by not providing a “first-tier speaker” for the first time in VFW history.

“The VFW has had a long-standing tradition of inviting the sitting president to address our convention,” Richard Eubank, national commander of the organization, said in a statement, adding that the White House typically chooses a “high-level administration official” to speak if the president cannot attend.

“It is an insult of the highest magnitude that for the first time in the history of the VFW, the White House has apparently decided that this great and iconic organization of combat veterans and all of its members are not worthy of its notice by not at least offering a first-tier speaker from the administration.”

…Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that W. Scott Gould, deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs, will be addressing the convention.

Instead, presidential candidate, Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke. He had been invited to speak to the 112th VFW National Convention on behalf of Texas before he declared his candidacy for the presidency. The convention was held in San Antonio and Rick Perry spoke on Monday, August 29, 2011.

Personally, I would think that was a better choice for the venue anyway. Perhaps the Obama snub to the veterans was a blessing in disguise.

You can watch Rich Perry’s full speech to the VFW National Convention in the video below.