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WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Political rhetoric was missing from the U.S. Republican party's weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, which focused on the death of a terrorist leader.
Traditionally the Republican party's weekly address by select members targets policies of President Barack Obama's Democrat administration, but the GOP took a patriotic stance in statements by freshman Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
He spoke only of the U.S. military raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, while referring back to Republican President George W. Bush's response to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Brown also acknowledged Obama's role in the elimination of the terrorist leader.
"This was the pledge of President George W. Bush in the days after 9/11, and he kept it in seven years of relentless, decisive action against the al-Qaida network," Brown said. "In the case of bin Laden, it fell to President Obama to give the final order.
"He did so calmly, swiftly and decisively. It was a fine moment for our commander in chief and for our country."
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