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TimFusco
Aficionado Topic Starter

13 years ago

The US is to send distinctly low-key official representation to Lady Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday, with a delegation led by George Shultz and James Baker, who both served as US secretary of state while Thatcher was in power.

While Barack Obama was invited, he has opted to send a presidential delegation comprising no serving politicians. Shultz was secretary of state to Ronald Reagan while Baker served the elder George Bush. Also representing Obama will be Barbara Stephenson, chargé d'affaires at the US embassy in London, and Louis Susman, the recently departed ambassador to Britain.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/16/margaret-thatcher-funeral-us-representation

As is said...film at 11.

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DrafterX
Herf-A-Holic

13 years ago

😟

SMGBobbyScott
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13 years ago

Was this before or after the bombing happened???

dubleuhb
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13 years ago

No excuses please.

DrafterX
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13 years ago

I heard he's sending a Ipod with pics of himself and all his speaches and stuff to be buried with her.... 😟

Edited by user 13 years ago | Reason: Not specified

SMGBobbyScott
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13 years ago

No excuses please.

dubleuhb wrote:

LOL!!! I think times of national crisis qualify as a reasonable excuse to beg off of a funeral. Particularly one of a dignitary so far out of office...I'm clearly not one for pomp and circumstance but we are in the midst of a major terror investigation...the biggest since 9/11...as the scripture goes, "let the dead bury their dead".

:-k

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

Was this before or after the bombing happened???

SMGBobbyScott wrote:

Before

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

SMGBobbyScott wrote:

It would only be a reasonable excuse if my man "B" or even J-Dog were planning to attend and then had to cancel. A cancellation would be understandable. In the grand scheme of things, golf isn't good in the UK this time of year.

TimFusco
Aficionado Topic Starter

13 years ago

...golf isn't good in the UK this time of year.

HockeyDad wrote:

Silly me....forgot about that.

bloody spaniard
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13 years ago

#10

None of the current crop of American elected officials are worthy of the Iron Lady's send-off IMHO.
Reagan's ancient crew are the closest.

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#11

Republicans should be pleased that we are not wasting money sending a Presidential or Vice-Presidential delegation.

Funeral Sequestration Outrage!

DrafterX
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13 years ago

#12

You'd think Moochelle and Oprah would at least make an appearance.... 😟

dubleuhb
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13 years ago

#13

You'd think Moochelle and Oprah would at least make an appearance.... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

Those two don't belong in the same room as her. It's call paying respect, those two are nothing but ghetto trash that got a break.

HockeyDad
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13 years ago

#14

Those two don't belong in the same room as her. It's call paying respect, those two are nothing but ghetto trash that got a break.

dubleuhb wrote:

racist

DrafterX
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13 years ago

#15

🤣

dubleuhb
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13 years ago

#16

SMGBobbyScott wrote:

WTF is Biden doing ? Trying to come up with a way to ban bombs ? He's only slightly less useful as boy wonder, put him and his teeth on the plane and get him out of the country for a while. He's bound to say something stupid about this anyway.