With U.S. troops no longer fighting in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan beginning to wind down, binding the wounds of war is the priority for our nation, President Barack Obama said during the Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery. Story
In his Memorial Day message, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta urges Americans to remember and honor the sacrifice of U.S. service members who died in the nation’s wars and to reaffirm their commitment to families of the fallen for their sacrifices. Story
President Barack Obama called the treatment Vietnam War veterans received after they returned home “a national shame” and asked that Americans use the 50th anniversary of the war to set the record straight. Story
