>>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/23/obama-uses-coffee-cup-to-salute-marines/?intcmp=latestnews
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>>Shows what he really thinks is important and it isn't protocol or respect.
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>I wasn't going to bother to comment on this one, but just ran across this:
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>http://taskandpurpose.com/sorry-presidential-salute-isnt-real-thing/
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>Here's the key section:
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>"There’s no regulation that stipulates presidents must salute the troops. In fact, for the first 192 years of our republic, it didn’t happen. None of the first 38 commanders in chief did it. And some of those dudes had some serious military experience. Eisenhower? Grant? I mean, Teddy Roosevelt was a war hero. Surely he felt compelled to click his heels together and cut a perfect knife-handed salute when he passed a uniform service member, right? Wrong. It was literally something that Ronald Reagan made up one day."
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>Tamar

That's interesting... Never heard of that, although I question its validity. If that's true, then my point still holds. Either do it correctly or don't do it at all.