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Contents 1 Lies in state? 2 He cannot be left alone even in his funeral 3 G-8 Summit 4 Relevancy of NSSE in Sea Island

[edit] Lies in state?

"Lies in state"? Isn't it supposed to be "Lays in state"? 195.50.204.228 22:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

"Lies in state" is correct. SNIyer12, 14:55, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] He cannot be left alone even in his funeral

There are people who have the decency to not criticize the dead, while being open about their acknowledged shortcomings -- President Clinton at Nixon's funeral for example. Others do not and we see examples of them on page.--Jackkalpakian 19:48, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] G-8 Summit

Not all world leaders who attended the G-8 Summit attended the funeral. I try to make clear which world leaders who attended the funeral that were at the summit. Both the funeral and the summit took place at the same time. SNIyer12 (talk) 01:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

They occured during the same week. Nonetheless, it is POV to include that, as it is implying that leaders, such as Tony Blair and Gerhard Schroder, only attended because they were already in the US for the G-8 summit. Happyme22 (talk) 01:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Not necesarily. Some world leaders who were in the U.S. for the G-8 Summit chose not to attend the funeral, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. They paid tribute at the G-8 Summit. SNIyer12 (talk) 23:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Nevertheless, it is POV to say that the leaders of the big eight countries *who attended the funeral* were there at the same time as the G8. Again, it implies that they only came because of that. Happyme22 (talk) 00:00, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Relevancy of NSSE in Sea Island

User:SNIyer12 has repeatedly added the phrase: "However, DHS was handling another NSSE at the same time: the G-8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia."

First, I don't see any relevancy to this, and classify it as trivia because it has very little to do with the Reagan funeral. It would be relevant if there were somehow a shortage of law enforcement or problems with security because there were two at once, but I have not heard anything such as that.

Second, I recently nominated the article for GA status, and this piece is uncited. I favor it's removal, but let's see what others think. Happyme22 (talk) 17:04, 14 June 2008 (UTC)