Change

---- With President Obama's recent trip to Europe, it seems as though he has changed the hearts and minds of world leaders and their opinions of our country. President Obama has used his listening skills and his intelligence to win the support of leaders at the G20 and NATO conferences. Obama's attitude was in stark contrast to his predecessor, George W. Bush. Bush went into similar meetings and dictated that "....you're either with us or against us..." Obama, on the other hand, presented solutions which called on cooperation and mutual benefits.

---- The media is now able to cover the return of our war dead, according to Huffington Post:

For the first time since an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead was lifted, the media witnessed the arrival Sunday night of a soldier killed overseas.

After receiving permission from family members, the military opened Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to the press. An eight-member team wearing white gloves and camouflage battle fatigues carried the body of 30-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, Va., off a military jet in a solemn ceremony on a cool, clear night.....

....The new Pentagon policy gives families a choice of whether to admit the press to ceremonies at Dover, home to the nation's largest military mortuary and the entry point to the U.S. for service personnel killed overseas.....

Witnessing the return of our war dead allows us a chance to take a moment to honor their sacrifice and acknowledge the true cost of war.

---- Very interesting: According to the Examiner, Newt Gingrich will become a Roman Catholic this week. Why is he converting? Is this his way of trying to get the Catholic vote when he runs for President?