Did President Barack Obama order flags lowered for Whitney Houston's death. No, it is a lie.
Claim: President Obama did not mention the death of Chris Kyle but ordered flags flown at half-staff for Whitney Houston
Truth: Although the White
House issued a statement through press secretary Jay Carney after Whitney
Houston's death noting that President Obama's "thoughts and prayers are
with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter," as far as we know
President Obama has made no public expression of condolence or mourning to mark
the passing of Chris Kyle. It is not true that President Obama ordered flags
throughout the country flown at half-staff to honor Whitney Houston; as noted
above, that action was undertaken only at a state level by the governor of New
Jersey republican Chris Chistie.
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And R.I.P. Chris Kyle - You were one bad ass mofo. QQ - It's a shame people are politicizing your death with lies. You deserve better.
Assigned to SEAL
Team 3, Sniper Element Charlie platoon within the Naval Special Warfare
Command, and with over four tours of duty, Kyle served in every major battle of
Operation Iraqi Freedom.[4] His first long-range kill shot was taken during the
initial invasion, when he shot a woman approaching a group of Marines with a
hand grenade in her hand. As ordered, he opened fire, killing the woman before
she could attack.[9]
And R.I.P. Chris Kyle - You were one bad ass mofo. QQ - It's a shame people are politicizing your death with lies. You deserve better.
Christopher Scott
"Chris" Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States
Navy SEAL and the most lethal sniper in American military history, with 160
confirmed kills (out of 255 claimed kills),[4][5] although these statistics
have not been released by the Pentagon.[7]
At the age of 8,
Kyle's father taught him to shoot. As a youth, he trained as a bronco rider for
the rodeo, which he gave up after a serious injury to his arm. He had intended
to volunteer and enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, and was recruited by the U.S.
Army, but eventually enlisted with the U.S. Navy. Kyle served four tours in the
second Iraq war, and was awarded the Bronze and Silver Star medals multiple
times. Iraqi insurgents dubbed him the "Devil of Ramadi" and offered
an increasing bounty for his head. He was shot twice, and was involved in six
IED attacks.
Kyle was honorably
discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009 in order to spend time with his family.
He remained in the spotlight during retirement, and wrote a New York Times
bestselling autobiography, American Sniper. Kyle was shot and killed on
February 2, 2013, near Chalk Mountain, Texas.
Born in Odessa,
Texas, the son of a Sunday school teacher and a deacon,[4] Kyle's father bought
his son his first gun at 8 years old, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle,
and later a shotgun, with which they hunted pheasant, quail, and deer.[4] After
school, Kyle became a professional bronco rodeo rider, but his profession ended
abruptly when he severely injured his arm. After his arm healed, he went to a
military recruiting office, interested in joining the United States Marine
Corps (USMC). A Navy recruiter told him about the Navy SEALs. Kyle signed up,
but was rejected because of the pins in his arm. A little while later, he
received a call and he had the chance to go to BUD/S (Basic Underwater
Demolition SEAL school), finally joining the United States Navy in 1999.
Military Service - Iraq War
For his deadly track
record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him
Shaitan Ar-Ramadi (English: The Devil of Ramadi), and put a $20,000 bounty on
his head that was later increased to $80,000.[4][5][9]
In 2008, outside
Sadr City, he made his longest successful shot, after he spotted an insurgent
with a rocket launcher near a U.S. Army convoy at a range of 2,100 yards (1.9
km). He fired a shot from his .338 Lapua Magnum chambered McMillan TAC-338
sniper rifle,[10] killing the insurgent as told in his book American Sniper.
During four tours of duty in Iraq, Kyle was shot twice and caught up in six
separate IED explosions.[5][9] His other weapons included the Mk 12 sniper
rifle, M4 carbine and a .300 Winchester Magnum sniper rifle. -Wikipedia
