#LATTESALUTE: OBAMA UNDER FIRE FOR SALUTING MARINES WITH COFFEE CUP IN HAND (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 12:02

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President Obama has greeted marines with a more-than-casual gesture – he saluted them while holding a cup of coffee in his hand. The video of the episode, posted on the White House’s Instagram, has provoked an avalanche of criticism.

The controversial gesture was in response to a formal salute by the military, when Obama stepped off his US Marine Corps helicopter in New York on Sunday.

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