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President Barack Obama stepped into the role of consoler-in-chief today, as he laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen troops and called on Americans not to forget the war in Afghanistan.
“As we gather here today at this very moment more than 60,000 of our fellow Americans still serve far from home in Afghanistan,” Obama said at the traditional ceremony marking the Memorial Day holiday. “They are still going out on patrol, still living in spartan forward operating bases, still risking their lives to carry out their mission. And when they give their lives, they are still being laid to rest in cemeteries in the quiet corners across our country, including here in Arlington.”