Obama ended up defeating McCain after gaining 365 electoral votes to McCain's 173 votes. The two former presidents will give eulogies to McCain …
Mar 21, 2019 · President Trump escalated his one-sided feud against the late Sen. John McCain this week, claiming in a Wednesday speech that nobody thanked him for …
Aug 26, 2018 · Former Sen. Jon Kyl, who has been discussed as a possible successor for McCain, will make remarks. And Sen. Jeff Flake will give a benediction. Members of the public will be invited to pay their...
Sep 01, 2018 · WASHINGTON — John McCain ’s funeral brought together former presidents and vice presidents, past rivals and even once-bitter foes to Washington National Cathedral in an extraordinary show of unity...
Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer. Senator John McCain will lie in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol.
President Trump escalated his one-sided feud against the late Sen. John McCain this week, claiming in a Wednesday speech that nobody thanked him for the late senator's funeral. The president claimed that he, as president, "had to approve" that funeral.
Trump did not attend McCain's funeral in Washington, D.C., where he was eulogized by former President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush. McCain's casket did travel on a plane generally reserved for vice presidents and VIPs that is under the president's control.
The National Cathedral, which held McCain's funeral service last year, said only state funerals for former presidents involve consultation with government officials, and no funeral requires the president's approval. "Washington National Cathedral was honored to host the funeral service for Senator John McCain," Kevin Eckstrom, ...
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush — who both defeated McCain in presidential contests — are slated to speak at McCain’s service at the National Cathedral, Davis said at Monday’s press conference.
McCain will be memorialized at ceremonies in Arizona and Washington, D.C. this week. The late senator will first lie in state at the Arizona State Capitol, where a private ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. PST on Wednesday, which would have been McCain’s 82nd birthday.
Members of the public will be allowed to pay their respects from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m EST. McCain will become the 13th senator to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, an honor reserved for the nation’s “most eminent citizens,” according to the Architect of the Capitol.
WASHINGTON — John McCain ’s funeral brought together former presidents and vice presidents, past rivals and even once-bitter foes to Washington National Cathedral in an extraordinary show of unity during a time of bitter political divisions. “In a way, it’s the last great gift that John McCain gave America,” said former Senator Joseph Lieberman, ...
WASHINGTON — John McCain ’s funeral brought together former presidents and vice presidents, past rivals and even once-bitter foes to Washington National Cathedral in an extraordinary show of unity during a time of bitter political divisions.
McCain will be laid to rest on Sunday at a private service and burial in Annapolis , Md. In his tribute, Obama said that he was surprised when McCain called him several months ago to ask him to speak at his memorial. He said, though, that McCain liked being unpredictable and non-conforming, as well as irreverent.
In his tribute, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, now 95, recalled first meeting McCain at the White House in 1973. At the time, McCain had just returned after years in captivity in Hanoi, where he was beaten and tortured. “In the McCain family, national service was its own reward,” he said.
But references to his brand of politics were apparent, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Bush said that McCain “respected the dignity in every life. A dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators.”. McCain’s daughter, Meghan, was more direct.
The Bushes and the Obamas sat in the front pew next to Bill and Hillary Clinton, and next to them were former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne, and former Vice President Al Gore. President Trump was not there — he reportedly was not invited. Nor was he referred to by name.