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Kadie

(15,369 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 04:43 PM Sep 2012

President Obama & Secretary Clinton at transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base - pics


U.S. President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrive at a transfer of remains ceremony for the Americans killed this week in Benghazi, at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. Obama led a ceremony honoring the return of the remains of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed in an attack in Libya this week. Stevens and the other Americans died after gunmen attacked the lightly fortified U.S. consulate and a safe house refuge in Benghazi on Tuesday night. Escorting them is White House Chief of Protocol, Capricia Marshall (3rd L). REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)




The remains of Americans killed in Benghazi this week are taken off a transport aircraft during a return of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. President Barack Obama arrived at Andrews Air Force Base on Friday to lead a ceremony honoring the return of the remains of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed in an attack in Libya this week. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the other Americans died after gunmen attacked the lightly fortified U.S. consulate and a safe house refuge in Benghazi on Tuesday night. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)


A military service member salutes during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed


U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks alongside four transfer cases bearing the remains of Americans killed this week in Benghazi, during a transfer or remains ceremony in a hangar at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed



U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deliver remarks during a transfer ceremony of the remains of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens and three other Americans killed this week in Benghazi, at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. Ambassador Stevens and the other Americans died after gunmen attacked the lightly fortified U.S. consulate and a safe house refuge in Benghazi on Tuesday night. REUTERS/Jason Reed


U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton past the flag-draped transfer case of one of four Americans who died this week in Libya, during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed this week in Benghazi were honored at the ceremony. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)






U.S. President Barack Obama watches as the body of an American killed in Benghazi this week is placed in a hearse during a return of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, September 14, 2012. Obama arrived at Andrews Air Force Base on Friday to lead a ceremony honoring the return of the remains of the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in an attack in Libya this week. Stevens and the other Americans died after gunmen attacked the lightly fortified U.S. consulate and a safe house refuge in Benghazi on Tuesday night. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)



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President Obama & Secretary Clinton at transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base - pics (Original Post) Kadie Sep 2012 OP
That guy in pic #1 (upper right-hand corner) BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #1
Yes, that is Colin Powell. pacalo Sep 2012 #2

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
1. That guy in pic #1 (upper right-hand corner)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:34 PM
Sep 2012

either won the Colin Powell lookalike contest or is Colin Powell.

The President and Secretary of State Clinton...what can you say?

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
2. Yes, that is Colin Powell.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:44 PM
Sep 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden joined the victims’s relatives in mourning. Also there was former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican who served former President George W. Bush and endorsed Obama in 2008.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/president-obama-hilary-clinton-joe-biden-mourn-relatives-ceremony-fallen-diplomats-bodies-home-u-s-article-1.1159761#ixzz26U0ElRs4
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