Goldstar Mom Says Obama Used Son’s Casket as Photo Op When She Asked Him Not To
VAUGHN: "You know, and just - just to - yes, you heard that. And just to clarify that, what I mean by that is, there's just a lot more important things going on. I mean this story has been going on for - for a week now. And - and I'm not saying - Mrs. Khan probably had a right to be offended by it, you know, but - but the thing is, is, let me just tell you my perspective. Words don't mean as much to me as actions. That's just me. When my son was killed, he was killed in the largest loss of life in the history of naval special warfare, and we had 30 families at Dover airbase waiting for our son's bodies to be returned from Afghanistan. And what we experienced there was, and I'm not just trying to -- I'm just trying to draw a contrast, not trying to bring up old news but what we experienced there is the families unanimously asked Barack Obama to not bring any media, to not make this a media event, that he was welcome to be with us but no media. And he showed up with cameras, and the next day our pictures, or his picture saluting the caskets of our boys was plastered over every outlet in America I guess. I'm just saying if you're going to just be outraged that one person says something that could be construed as a flippant remark without a lot of thought put behind it, what about the outrage over things people do, what about the outrage over Hillary Clinton still to date insinuating those grieving parents who say she said one thing must be mistaken. You know, it's just actions mean a lot more to me than words. That's just kind of the angle I come from on it. And I have full respect for the Khan family. I'm thankful for them. I'm thankful to God for their son and his willingness to fight and die for their country. I admire their family, so it's not personal about them. I just think a lot of us come at these things from different angles and see it differently."