Matthew Blumenthal, 25, a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and son of Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., seen here with Vice President Biden at a re-enactment of his father's swearing-in on Capitol Hill Jan. 5, 2011.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has as valid excuse as anyone to miss a wreath-laying ceremony with President Obama Thursday at the World Trade Center site.
Connecticut’s former attorney general will be attending a mobilization ceremony for his son, Matthew, 25, a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve who is deploying to Afghanistan, according to an aide to the senator.