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“This time next year, we will mark the final Memorial Day of our war in Afghanistan,” President Obama said, “and so as I said last week, America stands at a crossroads. But even as we turn a page on a decade of conflict, even as we look forward, let us never forget as we gather here today that our nation is still at war.”

A Nation ‘Still at War’ Honors Its Dead

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President Obama used his traditional Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery Monday to urge Americans to honor their “sacred obligation” to veterans.