President Barack Obama (L) is assisted by Sgt.1st Class Chad Eric Wayne Stackpole, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment Sergeant of the Guard, in placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Veterans Day full honor ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 11, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. Obama delivered remarks at the cemetery amphitheater after laying the wreath. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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President Obama speaks on the end of the Iraq War
Broadcast: Midday, 12/14/2011, 12:00 p.m.
President Barack Obama will commemorate the end of the Iraq War with an address to service members and their families at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He will discuss efforts to care for returning veterans and find jobs for them. Special Forces from Fort Bragg were among the first troops to enter Iraq in the invasion of 2003.
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