Becket Adams
The Blaze
1/27/2014
The father of a former Navy SEAL who was killed in the September 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, will attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address in the nation’s capital.
Charles Woods will attend the address at the invitation of Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a Republican from Oklahoma.
“As a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand the importance of knowing that America leaves no one behind. I am honored to host the father of a true hero,” Bridenstine said in a statement Monday.
The Oklahoma Congressman added that he invited Charles Woods as a way to reassure the mourning father that his son’s sacrifice “will never be forgotten” in the U.S. Houses of Representatives…
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Audio: Mark Levin: GOP Should Boycott the State of the Union
…”If they’re not going to take a stand constitutionally and legally, they should at least take a stand on the steps of the Capitol or somewhere,” he continued. “Together, shoulder to shoulder, and say we have a lawless president doing lawless things and make their case to the American people. It would be historic, it would be profound.”
