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Obama to Honor Veterans During Alaska Visit

First visit to chilly 49th state a refueling stop en route to Asia

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(Newser) – President Obama will visit Alaska next week for the first time, stopping at Elmendorf Air Force Base to observe Veterans Day with base personnel while Air Force One refuels. Like most recent presidents, Obama will visit Alaska en route to Asia, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The president would like to stay longer in the future, he told Alaskan tribal leaders yesterday, but “it's going to be during the summer."

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, to speak in the Rose Garden.
President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, to speak in the Rose Garden.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Cat-Lover
Nov 6, 09 3:50 PM CST
I hope he stops in at the Palin house and save a trip to Russia since he'd be able to see it from her kitchen window. Reply
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Shannonals
Nov 6, 09 7:24 PM CST
Hilarious Cat-Lover!
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polstroad
Nov 6, 09 4:01 PM CST
If he goes, he will be called a photo op guyy by the Right; if he doesn't he will be called anti-military...the Right seems to need to find fault no matter what he does. Reply
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tomodachi
Nov 6, 09 5:16 PM CST
They'll say: OMG... Obama is slipping in in the polls... why else would he stop in Alaska?
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Netstorm2k9
Nov 6, 09 4:02 PM CST
Damn. I wanted to be first so I could say: "Cue the Palin remarks." Sad that Alaska- the land the Jack London made famous, is now associated with Palin. Reply
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