On Veterans Day, President Obama walks among gravesites at Arlington

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Video: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9055355

The rain was cold and steady during the president’s traditional Veterans Day address saluting all who have served in uniform, but after President Obama left the amphitheatre at Arlington National Cemetary, his car came to an unexpected stop by the gravesites of casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The president and Mrs. Obama got out and wandered amid the headstones, reaching out with a handshake to families they encountered, pausing at the marker for Army Specialist Ross McGinnis of Pennsylvania. They stood there for several minutes. McGinnis died in Iraq in 2006, heroically. His headstone notes McGinnis was awarded the highest tribute, the Medal of Honor. He threw himself on a grenade, saving four others riding in his Humvee. Ross McGinnis was 19 years old.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/11/president-obama-walks-among-gravesites-at-arlington-on-veterans-day.html

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[SIMPLYB1980]

1. At least we have a President that is willing to look and

be seen with the cost of war. That makes him better than * no matter what he decides.

[HopeOverFear]

2. Wow

[Clio the Leo]

3. And then we went back to the WH to discuss his Afghan strategy.....

After two straight days of mourning those who gave the ultimate sacrifice (coupled with his visit to Dover and every single letter he hand-writes to the families of those killed), no one can accuse him of not considering the ultimate cost of warfare. Yesterday's news that he wanted ANOTHER option did not come as much of a surprise.









This is why I have very little tolerance for those who are too quick to criticize.