Washington A group of World War II veterans visiting Washington, D.C., on Tuesday arrived at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, only to find that the government shutdown had forced the closure of the Mall. A World War II veteran visits the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2013. KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images With the help of some members of Congress, however, they didn t let a little fencing stand in the way <a href=https://www.stanleycup.lt>stanley cups</a> of their visit. We didn t come this far not to get in, one veteran told Stars and Stripes. According to several reports, the 100 veterans were in D.C. as part of a Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight to visit the various war memorials and when they arrived at the entrance <a href=https://www.stanley1913.com.es>botella stanley</a> of the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, they were greeted by a barricade.A number of Republica <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.es>stanley taza</a> n members of Congress were there including Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn; Louie Gohmert, R-Texas; Steven Palazzo, R-Miss.; and Steve King, R-Iowa, and some of them helped move the barricades to allow the veterans to see the memorial. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., tweeted, Amazing grace sounds even more beautiful on bagpipes when I am helping WWII vets tour the monument they risked their lives for. ponent--type-recirculation .item Goop Democratic senator asks watchdog to provide findings from Ukraine aid review
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Reviving a minor debate with his Republican presidential primary opponent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman warned Wednesday night that the GOP shouldn t run from science. Listen, when you make comments that fly in the face of what 98 out of 100 climate scientists have said, when you call into question the science of evolution, all I m saying is that, in order for <a href=https://www.cup-stanley.de>stanley becher</a> the Republican Party to win, we can t run from science, Huntsman said at a Republican debate. We can t run from mainstream conservative philosophy. We ve got to win voters. Last month, Huntsman cast himself as the moderate in the GOP presidential field, implicitly referencing Perry s remarks on evolution and global warming.In Wednesday s debate, Huntsman said that as governor of Utah, he appealed to independents and conservative Democrats, and the next GOP 2012 candidate must do the same. If we re going to win in 2012, we ve got to make sure that we have somebody who can win based upon numbers of the math that will get us there, he said. And by making comments that basically don t reflect the reality of the situation <a href=https://www.stanley-cups.uk>stanley cups uk</a> , we turn people off. Perry, meanwhile, maintained his position that the science is not settled on whether human ac <a href=https://www.cups-stanley.ca>stanley canada</a> tivity is to blame for climate change. He evaded multiple questions regarding which scientists he finds most credible on the issue. The idea that we would