Obama in Vietnam: U.S. also ‘still striving to live up to our founding ideals’

Obama in Vietnam: U.S. also ‘still striving to live up to our founding ideals’

(CNSNews.com) – In an address to the people of communist-ruled Vietnam on Tuesday, President Obama made a case for the importance of upholding human rights, prefacing it by saying that the United States, too, "is still striving to live up to our founding ideals."

"No nation is perfect," he said at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. "Two centuries on, the United States is still trying to striving to live up to our founding ideals."

Mother of slain Mass. officer wishes police got more respect
Massachusetts

Mother of slain Mass. officer wishes police got more respect

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — The mother of a Massachusetts police officer who was shot dead during a weekend traffic stop says she wishes police got more respect. Sharon Tarentino's comments come as she prepares to bury her son later this week.

"I just wish people had a little bit more respect for what they do — nobody has respect for them anymore," Tarentino told the Boston Herald.

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