Obama attends transfer of service members' remains from downed copter

Obama attends transfer of service members' remains from downed copter
From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN
August 9, 2011 5:13 p.m. EDT

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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and top Pentagon officials including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen attended Tuesday's dignified transfer of the remains of 38 U.S. and Afghan personnel killed on board a helicopter shot down in Afghanistan over the weekend.
Obama boarded both of the planes that transported the remains to the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay his respects, and later joined Panetta, Mullen and U.S. Special Operations Commander Adm. William McRaven in meeting with more than 200 family members and colleagues of the slain service members at a building on the air base, according to background information provided by White House staff members accompanying the president on the trip.
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Obama attends transfer of service members remains from downed copter