James Gordon Meek does his commentary on CBS Sunday Morning

[liberal N proud]

James Gordon Meek is the NYT Times reporter who was in Arlington Cemetery on Veterans day when President Obama was walking through and approached him.

I read his article earlier this week, then I saw Meek give his commentary this morning on CBS Sunday Morning. I have been looking for the video but have not been able to find it as CBS has not posted it.

The commentary...
Honoring Those Amidst Gardens of Stone

(CBS) This past week's Veterans Day observances had deep personal meaning for countless Americans . . . not least our guest contributor James Gordon Meek:

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I hear "Taps" playing every night. (I live near the Arlington National Cemetery.)

I'm a Washington correspondent for the New York Daily News, but when I visit the Gardens of Stone, I go as a friend and relative of our "honored dead."

Men like Pearl Harbor fighter ace Ken Taylor, who is almost like family; Korean War veteran Ed Lenard, who is family; and Iraq War hero Dave Sharrett, whose father is a good friend.

Ken and Ed survived their wars and died as old men. But Dave was 27 when he was killed last year in battle.

He's buried in Section 60, with many of the fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan.

President Obama laid a Veterans Day wreath on Wednesday at the Tomb of the Unknowns. I was in Section 60 that morning when he made an unscheduled stop before huddling with his war council on sending more GIs into harm's way.

In a bone-chilling drizzle, he and the first lady walked through the rows of gleaming white headstones.

I saw the President embrace grieving widows, mothers and battle buddies tending to the graves of loved ones. He asked about each one. And then the President suddenly extended his hand as he strolled over to Dave Sharrett's grave.

I gripped it and told him who I was visiting.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/15/sunday/main5658123.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionsArea.3

[elleng]

1. NOT NYTimes! NY Daily News!

I wrote thanking him for his great story, and he replied: "Thank you very much, Ellen. Sorry it took so long to reply. The feedback has been like a river flooding, but very positive and heartwarming.

cheers JGM"

[Pirate Smile]

2. Why don't they have the video from the story this morning? People are looking for it

because it was supposed to be so good. :(