Today, Flag Day is celebrated with parades, essay contests, ceremonies, and picnics sponsored by veterans' groups, schools, and groups like the National Flag Day foundation whose goal is to preserve the traditions, history, pride, and respect that are due the nation's symbol, Old Glory.
Since taking office, Obama has rarely characterized the anti-drug campaign as a war.. Instead, he has emphasized the need to address systemic injustice in drug sentencing and focused on meeting the health care needs of addicts that would boost prevention.
Obama took credit for an unprecedented level of border patrol guards along the Mexican border and for a shrinking number of illegal border crossings. Obama: I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration. Thatâs why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before.