Archive for May, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden delivers Memorial Day remarks in the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater in Arlington,

In what he called "the greatest honor of my public life," this morning the Vice President took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns and spoke at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.  His opening remarks and photos below: 
Collectively, the generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who have served and sacrificed for us are the heart and soul, and I would say, spine of this nation.  And as a nation, we pause today to remember them.  They gave their lives fulfilling their oath to this nation …

At least three single-engine airplanes violated a temporarily restricted flight area set up over the weekend for President Barack Obama’s return to Chicago, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command.

“It’s not so unusual that these…

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.

Paying respects to the nation’s war dead, the…

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.

Obama, speaking to dozens of…

CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama voiced “deep regret” over Monday’s deadly Israeli commando raids, and the White House said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed by phone to reschedule White House talks “at the first opportunity.”

In…

It may surprise the casual visitor at Arlington National Cemetery to see a rubber duck on a headstone or an old football helmet lying in the manicured grass of a fallen soldier’s grave.

Vice President Joe Biden hailed America’s fighting men and women Monday as the “spine of this nation,” while President Barack Obama’s Land of Lincoln tribute in Illinois got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds.

The president was…