Brian A. Terry Memorial Act creates political dilemma for Obama

[PegLeg45]

From David Codrea:

Brian A. Terry Memorial Act creates political dilemma for Obama

“Legislation to honor fallen Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry unanimously passes U.S. Senate,” a May 9 press release from the Office of Congressman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announces.

“The Brian A. Terry Memorial Act, sponsored by Issa with nearly seventy bipartisan cosponsors, will rename the United States Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, AZ to honor the memory of Agent Brian Terry who was gunned down in the line of duty by heavily-armed drug smugglers on December 14, 2010. Terry died the following day,” the release states. “Weapons found at the scene were connected to the Department of Justice’s reckless Fast & Furious Operation.”

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“The Brian A. Terry Memorial Act will be transmitted from the Senate to President Barack Obama for his signature, upon which time the measure will become law,” it explains.

“When the bill reaches Obama's desk, I expect him to invite Brian Terry's family to the signing,” Katie Pavlich of Townhall.com writes.

That creates an interesting dilemma for the President, particulalry because of Terry's mother calling his Attorney General Eric Holder a "coward" and a "joke," and especially since the slain agent’s parents filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department and ATF that “seeks $25 million dollars in compensation for Terry's death.”

Will Obama invite the Terry family to the signing? Will he dare not to?

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http://www.examiner.com/article/brian-a-terry-memorial-act-creates-political-dilemma-for-obama

[RTFM]

He's a coward and will NOT invite the family - more-so IF he signs it it will be a late Friday night affair with no one watching or invited to film.

[PegLeg45]

He's a coward and will NOT invite the family - more-so IF he signs it it will be a late Friday night affair with no one watching or invited to film.

Yep....I'm inclined to agree with that take on it.

[tombogan03884]

He could veto the bill saying that because of the controversy around the incident, on going investigation, etc that it would not be appropriate.

[MikeBjerum]

He could veto the bill saying that because of the controversy around the incident, on going investigation, etc that it would not be appropriate.

Coward!  would be my response to that.

[Sponsor]

[twyacht]

FTA:

Agent Brian Terry who was gunned down, murdered by drug smugglers and an accessory called the U.S. DOJ, in the line of duty,......

Fixed it....

He'll just sign it behind closed doors,....no press, no ceremonial pens, no fanfare......NO CLASS....

[RTFM]

....no shit....

[PegLeg45]

....no shit....

More like a suit-full ........ 

[twyacht]

I (we) nailed it!!!!

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2012/05/lack-of-class.html

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A Lack Of Class

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry died serving this country. In recognition of his service to this country, Rep. Darrell Issa sponsored HR 2668 - the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act - which renames the Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Arizona in his memory. Having passed in the House it was sent to the Senate where last week it passed by a unaminous vote and was sent to the White House for the President's signature.

Rep. Issa said, in part, in a release about this bill's passage:

    "All of Washington mourned with the Terry family when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry gave his life in the line of duty in 2010. Today we stand just as unified for the purpose of honoring and preserving his legacy.

    "The unanimous support with which the Brian A. Terry Memorial Act passed the United States Senate is a tribute to Agent Terry's career of service to our country and to the Border Patrol's distinguished history of intrepidity and sacrifice for the sake of homeland security.

    "We recognize that Agent Terry's untimely passing is a tragedy that never should have happened. And while we continue to pursue answers regarding the circumstances surrounding his death, we resolve that his example of bravery and sacrifice will never be forgotten – especially in the city of Bisbee, AZ where he served."

While Rep. Issa may have thought "all of Washington" mourned, it is becoming apparent that Agent Terry's death at the hands of narco-terrorists was considered by the White House as an inconvenience rather than a tragedy. When it came time to sign the bill, President Obama did it privately as this release from the White House makes clear.

Matthew Boyle of the Daily Caller reports this on the signing:

    On Tuesday, when Obama signed the bill into law, he did not hold a public signing ceremony with Terry’s family. The announcement that Obama had signed the memorial act into law was stuffed in the middle of a White House press release packed with other announcements not relevant to Terry.

    The press release contained no quote from Obama or from White House press secretary Jay Carney about Terry.


Not only was this bill a non-event for the White House but US Customs and Border Protection did not even see fit to release a statement on the naming of the Border Patrol Station after one of their own who was killed in the line of duty.

Both the actions of the White House and Customs and Border Protection are reprehensible. It smacks of the former Soviet Union where inconvenient people - like evidently the late Brian Terry is to the Obama Administration - would become non-people or invisible. The Soviets did this to the dissidents, the Jews, and anyone who deviated from the party line.

To see this same treatment accorded to the late Brian Terry and his family is beyond the pale. It is disgusting and classless and contemptible.

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What a bastard POTUS.

[PegLeg45]

I (we) nailed it!!!!

What a bastard POS, occupying the Office of POTUS.

FIFY.