Where is The White House's Presidential Proclamation for Chattanooga Victims? Examples of recent Proclamations.

SGM Matthew Quick — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:01:48 -0400

Why is it taking so long to issue a Presidential Proclamation honoring the victims of the Chattanooga, Tennessee shootings? It's past time...
(Note: On July 17th, State Governors issued their Proclamations)

On April 16, 2013, just one day after the Boston Marathon Bombings, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation to honor the victims of the tragedy in Boston, Massachusetts by ordering that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset on April 20, 2013.

On January 8, 2011, just one day after the Tucson Arizona shooting, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation to honor the victims of the Tragedy in Tucson, Arizona by ordering that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, January 14, 2011.

On November 6, 2009, the very same day of the Fort Hood shootings, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation to honor the victims of the Tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas by ordering that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

There are more recent similar examples:
- December 14, 2012 - Honoring the Victims of the Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
- September 16, 2013 - Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy at the Washington Navy Yard
- September 12, 2012 - Honoring the Victims of the Attack in Benghazi, Libya

Response by PO2 Mark Saffell made Jul 20 at 2015 8:06 AM

PO2 Mark Saffell — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:06:42 -0400

As usual. No where to be found from this White House

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2015 8:32 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:32:18 -0400

SGM Matthew Quick Thank you the dates of the other shootings. I was wondering.... I am sickened by the fact that WH has not do the right thing for these victims.

Response by CDR Michael Goldschmidt made Jul 20 at 2015 8:33 AM

CDR Michael Goldschmidt — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:33:42 -0400

We can't possibly have an honest conversation about this until we recognize publicly the motivation behind this and other attacks. When the target is some ethnic minority and when speaking out against it fits its agenda of public disarmament, the White House speaks out, indentifying personally with the casualties, but when an attack does not fit the political narrative, we get silence and excuses. This attack, like the one at Fort Hood and like the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Benghazi attack, was a religiously-based actsof international political terrorism on our soil. We can't look for solutions until we identify the problem and stop worrying about whom we offend. Personally, I find aggressive violence, in ANY form, pretty damned offensive.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2015 9:09 AM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:09:50 -0400

There won't be any response worth a damn. These types of questions may force a response, but it will be tepid at best. This is who he (BO) and his appointees are. For those that still think BO has the military's best interest at heart, you couldn't be more wrong. I would even bet none of the administration shows up to the funerals like they did for michael brown. And if I'm right, this should be the wake up call for those in the militarily still supporting him.

Response by CMSgt Mark Schubert made Jul 20 at 2015 9:30 AM

CMSgt Mark Schubert — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:30:01 -0400

I don't get it - there is NO consistency with this administration and I feel abandoned when things like this happen for the great men and women who serve and have served! This needs to be recognized as an Islamic terrorist act and flying the flag a half staff would send a powerful message - oh - wait - that might offend someone!

Response by PO1 Rick Serviss made Jul 20 at 2015 11:26 AM

PO1 Rick Serviss — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:26:25 -0400

Shouldn't flags be lowered half mast?

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Jul 20 at 2015 12:01 PM

SPC(P) Jay Heenan — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:01:05 -0400

Did we really think that the current administration would do anything different? They did respond quickly on position...it was in the form of more gun control measures and the continued push to take away our Second Amendment right.

Response by PFC Terry Kuehner made Jul 20 at 2015 12:03 PM

PFC Terry Kuehner — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:03:29 -0400

Excuse my rant, but that piece of shit dose not deserve to be in the house that represents the country I swore an oath to defend, he has done far worse things in that office than Nixon did and yet he is still in office what has this country become.

Response by MSgt James Mullis made Jul 20 at 2015 12:27 PM

MSgt James Mullis — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:27:01 -0400

Hey, the President was busy this weekend closing down Central Park so he could have a quiet walk with his daughter.

Response by LT Garth Young (Ret) made Jul 20 at 2015 12:46 PM

LT Garth Young (Ret) — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:46:07 -0400

Sad to see little to no response out of our CinC. Unfortunately it's pretty typical as it pertains to the Military.

Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made Jul 20 at 2015 2:00 PM

SSgt Charles Edwards — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:00:21 -0400

Maybe the reason is simple...

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2015 7:23 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:23:56 -0400

When are people going to begin to realize that Obama isn't the type of leader they assume he is?!

Response by SFC Maury Gonzalez made Jul 20 at 2015 7:27 PM

SFC Maury Gonzalez — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:27:13 -0400

If it was a low life criminal thug he will be all over tv, remember he sent no one to the major general's funeral

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jul 21 at 2015 8:18 AM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:18:51 -0400

Here are some reasons why the act of terrorism at the Navy facility in TN is not getting the attention from the White House the way we think it should and this is just my opinion:
1. terrorism influenced by Islam, the white house historically does not call anything terrorism which involves someone who is Muslim
2. in the early 90's Clinton passed a no private fire arms policy on federal installations, who is running for president?
3. What are the races of the victims? the white house doesn't want to look positively bias towards one particular group of people unless they are a minority or non-white

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Jul 21 at 2015 10:56 AM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:56:00 -0400

It's a damned shame that our leaders have not come out and made a stronger statement than they have in the aftermath of the shooting in TN last week. They have been quick to jump on other tragedies and blame racism, guns etc, but concerning the deaths of 5 of our brothers from the Marines and Navy, nothing has been said or done. I find it insensitive and insulting to those of us who serve and have served that POTUS has not even directed the nation to fly the American flag at half-mast in response, but directed it to be flown at half-mast when Whitney Houston died in a bathtub of a drug overdose. They, our leaders, still cannot bring it upon themselves to label this is as an attack by what appears to have been a Muslim Extremist, they for whatever reason, cannot summon the testicular fortitude to label anything heinous being committed by ISIS or any other Muslim faction as Extremist, apparently that would be offensive, yet a single idiot commits an equally heinous act in killing 9 people in a church and pretty much an entire region/heritage gets condemned, sorry but something about the way things get handled/labeled by the current administration smells like crap and really offends me.

Response by SFC Joseph Bosley made Jul 21 at 2015 11:22 AM

SFC Joseph Bosley — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:22:01 -0400

Lets not forget to add to the list the killing of the first general officer in combat in almost 50 years with absolutely no White House response.

Response by SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM made Oct 22 at 2022 6:38 PM

SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 18:38:43 -0400

Maybe the folks who do this overlooked this? This may also speak to the administrations dropping the ball