Representative Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, called on President Obama Tuesday to fly flags at half staff in honor of the fallen service members in Chattanooga.
Four Marines and one Sailor died as the result of the shooting on Thursday. Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez opened fire, and then police opened fire on Abdulazeez and killed him.
Thornberry issued the following statement Tuesday:
“Last week, America lost five service members. They did not fall on a foreign battlefield, but were deliberately targeted and cruelly murdered here at home. Today, Speaker Boehner has ordered the flags at the Capitol to be flown at half staff. He follows the Governors of Tennessee and other states who are doing the right thing to honor those casualties. The President should follow suit and order flags flown at half staff across the country, and he should do so immediately.”
