Five days after Chattanooga shooting, Obama finally orders flags to be flown at half-staff for Marines killed  July 21, 2015 by Allahpundit  

On the one hand, Boehner didn’t get around to ordering the flags at the Capitol lowered until this morning either.
On the other hand, how do you explain this?
It’s a comfort to know, I guess, that days of grassroots pressure can convince the commander-in-chief to belatedly honor Marines murdered in a terror attack on U.S. soil.

Obama’s proclamation calls for the flags to remain at half-mast through Saturday “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on July 16.”
“Our thoughts and prayers as a Nation are with the service members killed last week in Chattanooga. We honor their service. We offer our gratitude to the police officers and first responders who stopped the rampage and saved lives,” Obama said in a presidential proclamation released Tuesday.
“We draw strength from yet another American community that has come together with an unmistakable message to those who would try to do us harm: We do not give into fear. You cannot divide us. And you will not change our way of life.”

But it did change our way of life. The Pentagon ordering Marine recruiters not to wear their uniforms until further notice is a change, no?
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