President Barack Obama delivered his Veterans Day 2012 address at Arlington

Veterans Day 2012: Obama Pays Tribute (VIDEO, FULL TEXT)
Posted: 11/11/2012

President Barack Obama delivered his Veterans Day 2012 address at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday, paying tribute to "the heroes over the generations" who served in the U.S. military.

Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, adding that "no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service." He specifically pointed to the end of the Iraq War, noting that this was the first Veterans Day without U.S. military members embroiled in that conflict.

"This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq," the president said.
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