whitehouse.gov - 11/12/2008
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For Immediate Release Office of the Vice President November 11, 2008 Vice President's Remarks at the Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Fact sheet In Focus: Veterans 11:34 A.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much Secretary ...
military.com - 11/11/2008
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military.com —
November 11, or what has come to be
known as Veterans Day, was originally set as a...
U.S. legal holiday to honor Armistice Day - the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November ...
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Veterans Day
thepage.time.com - 11/11/2008
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On Veterans Day
The American Scene —
... Talk of honor, which along with “serve” and “sacrifice” was one of the verbs most frequently used in Vice President Cheney’s remarks at Arlington National Cemetery today, may be an improvement on this: not essentially uncritical in the way that “support” can seem to be; much more suggestive of the seriousness of what is at stake; and certainly less abused in the public rhetoric surrounding military service. But the Vice President’s remarks had shortcomings of their own: they were filled with the usual talk of protecting ...
The Rude Pundit —
... That's Vice President Dick Cheney, looking as if the burden of bringing scorching, oozing hell to wherever his despoiling foot deigns to step is finally beginning to wear on him. He was visiting the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday to honor the dead, thousands of which he himself is responsible for as clearly as if he had walked up to each one and put a bullet between their eyes. ...
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Here are excerpts of the speeches from President Bush and Vice President Cheney on Veterans Day and the statement from President-elect Obama:
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