Former presidents, vice presidents, and officials from the current and former administrations gathered on Saturday at the funeral for the late Sen. John McCain (R…
Former presidents, vice presidents, and officials from the current and former administrations gathered on Saturday at the funeral for the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were in attendance at the Washington National Cathedral, along with Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton andLaura Bush, as well as former Vice Presidents Joe Biden, Dick Cheney and Al Gore.
Obama and George Bush are slated to give eulogies.
The Trump administration was represented by his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Chief of Staff John Kelly and national security adviser John Bolton. President Trump was not invited.
Bipartisan lawmakers and foreign leaders were also in attendance at the event, which precedes McCain’s burial Sunday at his alma mater, the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
McCain died of brain cancer on Aug. 25 at age 81.
