President Obama's Veteran's Day Message (Video)

President Barack Obama (R), First Lady Michelle Obama (L), Vice President Joe Biden (C) and his wife Dr. Jill Biden (2nd-R) participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns to mark Veterans Day on November 11, 2009 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.



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Senator Ted Kennedy funeral set for Saturday and to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

This is the same cemetery that President John F. Kennedy is buried, as well as Senator Robert F. Kennedy. A very hard time going forward.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.

In nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy served alongside 10 presidents — his brother John Fitzgerald Kennedy among them — compiling an impressive list of legislative achievements on health care, civil rights, education, immigration and more.

His only run for the White House ended in defeat in 1980. More than a quarter-century later, he handed then-Sen. Barack Obama an endorsement at a critical point in the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, explicitly likening the young contender to President Kennedy.

To the American public, Kennedy — known to friends and foes alike simply as Ted — was best known as the last surviving son of America's most glamorous political family, father figure and, memorably, eulogist of an Irish-American clan plagued again and again by tragedy.

His family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all." read more here....

Senator to be laid to rest at Arlington near his slain brothers

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