The backdrop of men and women in fatigues was all the more prominent Friday in the face of Romney omitting any mention of troops serving in Afghanistan during his nomination acceptance speech Thursday night.  HEY AUTHOR, THE LAST TIME THE US MILITARY (US ARMY) WORE "FATIGUES" WAS DURING THE 1980s. US Army Fatigues (aka "pickle suits", "service station uniform" with baseball cap) to BDUs (Battle Dress Uniforms) to ACUs.  There's a sucker born every minute - PT Barnum  The Proof that PT Barnum was correct:  Adler-273784 - He cares about the troops, not just with lip service. He won't cut support for vets and active service people like his opponent will.  Go read the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, and Federal Times. President Obama as US Military Commander In Chief has Ordered the current Reduction In Forces (RIF) of 90,000 US Military Personnel to be thrown on Unemployment. And Ordered the current US Defense Budget Cuts that will throw 108,000 US Civilians on Unemployment.  Eric-913730 - It would seem a deal of some sort could be made here, but I wouldn't count on Republicans to give Obama any kind of a win, or near win on anything.  "Deal of Some Sort". Sure we are playing Let's Make a Deal. TOO F**KING BAD President Obama keeps picking the ZONKS for you, then blaming you or anyone else for that.  Pigotry - affordable healthcare, for example, would be nice.  Yes, that would be nice. TOO BAD President Obama sold himself out to the Insurance Corporations, Medical Device Corporations and Pharmaceuticals Corporations with his ACA. Before all of you say No, No, No, blah, blah, blah, go read the whole f**king thing like I already did, I can tell you the Section that gives the Insurance Corporations $67 Billion, Medical Device Corporations $23 Billion, and Pharmaceuticals Corporations $20 Billion as Quid Pro Quo for them giving President Obama $1 Billion in Campaign Contributions.  How about asking Former US Army General Erik Shinseki about how well his boss President Obama is doing pertaining to Veteran's Affairs:  PS don't lie to me, General Erik Shinseki is a longtime friend of the family. Sure the US Military Veterans are going to need increased Mental Health Care, as they are dumped on the streets, unemployed, lose their homes, lose their families, with President Obama's RIF, just like before with other RIFs.  Far too many veterans are homeless in America—between 130,000 and 200,000 on any given night  Thank you President Obama throw more US Citizens on Unemployment. Those in the audience at Fort Bliss, Texas, don't know that most of them will be kicked to the curb soon, the numbers by MOS are already published in the Army Times.  LAME EXCUSES. Dog ate my homework. "Obstructionist" US Congress, blah, blah, blah, LAME EXCUSES. More and More HOT AIR Adding to Global Warming. You really don't have any idea about this do you, President Obama has already proved he knows how to circumvent US Congress "The Will of the People":  dal - Romney would outsource our military.  Proof you are NOT currently in the US Military, as the 92% of US Citizens that have NEVER Served.  President Obama already Outsourced the US Military to the over overpaid expensive 3,000Contractors (not including the Foreign Contractors) as some of his major campaign contributors and supporters, especially those hired for his August 2009 and still going on as President Obama's Civilian Surge to Afghanistan.  Trashy Rednecks for Romney - he is so filled with lies that he can't tell the difference between the facts and his own lies.  Sigmund Freud had a name for people that call themselves names. By the way the Southern Democrat previous Slave Owners aka your "Trashy Rednecks" as the Origin of the "Popular Party" aka Democratic Party would NEVER vote Repugnant previous "Federalists" Party.  WHO SAID THIS, "Anyone Returning from the Wars is a Potential Homegrown Domestic Terrorist". Hint: Was NOT a Repugnant.  Starderup - All of us Americans are looking forward to the day when all our troops are back on American soil. Obama wants what we want.  Really, President Obama's April 2009 Policy and August 2009 Policy, "US Military will not be used to secure US Borders". Legalization of the over 23 Million Illegal Aliens at the US stated to AP August 2009. All those US Military back on American Soil being thrown on Unemployment (currently with President Obama's RIF). You want that.  Pat Boston MA. - That was one helluva speech today by our president, and received a lovely welcome from our troops.  Hot air adding to Global Warming.  Patriotic American U.S.A. - The GOP Convention was so boring I Dozed off, when I see a party support a Draft Dodger that's it for me, I'm voting for President Obama !!!!!!!!!!  Shows how illiterate you are. Go read Joseph Biden's Biography, as well as why he lost his Presidential Campaigns in his own State. I wish I would have been rich and had $20,000 to buy a Medical Deferment from a known Anti War Doctor.  2-Lane Gypsy - Got Solutions? Obama/Biden 2012.  Nope. Almost Four Years later and still no solutions, just lame excuses and blame game.  ItsSimple-3093757 - Our democracy is being bought by international billionaires  Real proof of lack of education. First the Founding Fathers established the United States of America as a Constitutional Republic; NOT a Democracy, as they argued that a Democracy is "Mob Rule". Second, blah, blah, blah you don't even read the labels of what you bought, like President Obama's Buddy, "Mr. Corporate America".  Common Sense 23 - Steve - Before I debunk you whole "claim" regarding retired and active military insurance let me ask you first: Are YOU a veteran? Yes I am with 20 years of service.  After the Insurance Corporations took over US Military Health Care from the US Military Medical Service Corps, Steve-446003 is correct, as that increase is part of President Obama's sell out to the Insurance Corporations (mis)management of US Military TriCare.  Just like President Obama knew about this and did NOTHING in his ACA about this:  President Obama, Face the Nation, September 20, 2009:  Obama: No, the difference is that they're making huge profits on it, Bob. I mean, let's take the Medicare HMO programs that are being run by insurance companies. It's estimated by everybody that they're overcharging by about 14 percent. This amounts to about $177 billion over 10 years. About $17 billion a year, $18 billion a year. That's just going to pad their profits, hasn't been shown to make Medicare recipients any healthier. And in fact because those huge subsidies are going to insurance companies, Medicare recipients are not getting a good deal. Now if we are enforcing what should be the rules around Medicare and making sure the people are getting a bang for the buck, it's not going to be possible for insurance companies to simply pass on those costs to Medicare recipients because ultimately it's Uncle Sam that's paying for those services anyway.  And since President Obama believes in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Uncle Sam, etc... Sorry to burst everyone's naivety, Uncle Sam stated by President Obama above is the US Taxpayer.  The other sell out by President Obama was his attempt to get the US Civilians that stole everyone's 401K Money to get involved with the US Military's Retirement, changed from current to 401Ks (so those crooks that stole all the US Civilians 401Ks know how to do the same to the future US Military Retirees). Those 401K "Banksters" Lobbyists in 2011 bribing the US Politicians.  Before you say it, yes, I am a Veteran, some say a "Three time Loser" (US Military Veteran Three Times (Three previous DD-214s), Retirement Three Times, will be Four if they stop denying accepting my Retirement Packet (again) and stop with that with that "Special Category" Recalls). So yes, I was around when the US Military Medical Service Corps managed US Military Health Care, before the corrupt Insurance Corporations got their Lobbyists to bribe the US Politicians to get into US Military Health Care to make more Profits.
Fort Bliss, Texas – On the second anniversary of the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, President Barack Obama returned to the same Army base he visited in 2010 to announce the mission’s end. The message from the president to the troops Friday: