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Monday, 11/23/2020 13:15 PM (GMT + 7)
The Pentagon’s proposal to allow US presidents and vice presidents who had never served in the military to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery when they died was highly controversial.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, can enjoy unprecedented rights under the Pentagon proposal.
According to the Daily Mail, many veterans and US military personnel voiced their opposition to the Pentagon plan and said it was President Donald Trump’s decision to give him the right to be buried in the most famous cemetery in the country. America dying.
Arlington National Cemetery next to the Pentagon is currently the most famous cemetery in the United States. The cemetery was built in 1864, as a burial place for American soldiers who died in the Civil War (1861-1865).
Today, the cemetery is the resting place of 290,000 people, most of whom are soldiers, officers or military veterans.
In September, the Pentagon began planning to limit burial at Arlington National Cemetery due to limited space. “The national cemetery is at an important stage in history. Almost 22 million full-time and veteran soldiers are buried in the cemetery, but the remaining vacancy is only 95,000, ”announced the cemetery administration unit.
In order for Arlington to continue to operate and play an important role in American history, the Pentagon recently proposed that the national cemetery only accept the burial of former incarcerated veterans (POWs), soldiers who have died. on the battlefield or die in other combat-related missions.
United States President John F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in 1963.
The Pentagon has also proposed allowing retired US presidents and vice presidents to be buried in Arlington, even if they have never served in the military. The Pentagon has announced 60 days after receiving the revised comments.
According to the Wall Street Journal, many US military and veterans oppose the proposal. “I feel like Arlington National Cemetery is just a burial place for soldiers to commemorate their sacrifices,” said one veteran.
A member of President Donald Trump’s administration insisted that Trump was not involved in the proposal. The Pentagon confirmed to the WSJ that the proposal is real, but did not specify who was proposing the initiative.
Other than Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have never joined the military. However, most Democrats were opposed to allowing presidents who had never joined the military to be buried in Arlington.
In the history of the United States, only two presidents have been buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft, who died in 1930, was buried in Arlington because he served as Secretary of War. John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, served as a naval officer during World War II and was buried in Arlington in 1963.
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