Pentagon lifts ban on photographing caskets of slain soldiers

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Pentagon has lifted a nearly two-decade-old ban on photographing flag-draped caskets of fallen U.S. soldiers. Here’s the Associated Press’ account of today’s news:

Caskets of war dead

WASHINGTON (AP) - News organizations will be allowed to photograph the homecomings of America’s…

Tags: Associated Press, caskets, censorship, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Dover Air Base, Iraq War, photography, photos, President Barack Obama, war dead

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