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Updated at 3:06 p.m. ETARLINGTON, Va. - Heralding the end of one war and the drawdown of another, President Obama observed V stanley taza eterans Day on Friday by urging Americans to hire the thousands of servicemen and women coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.In remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, he called it a time when America needs all hands on deck. The tide of war is receding, Mr. Obama said. My fellow Americans, our troops are coming home. He spoke on a chilly autumn morning to an audience of veterans stanley nz and dignitaries in the cemetery s amphitheater shortly after placing a floral wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Following the ceremony, Mr. Obama left the White House for a flight to San Diego to join in stanley cup a holiday basketball game aboard an aircraft carrier 151; the start of a nine-day trip that includes an Asia-Pacific summit in Hawaii and stops in Australia and Indonesia.Mr. Obama used his Arlington speech to mark the coming transition from a nation fighting multiple wars in the aftermath of Sept. 11 to one where reviving a struggling economy is the overriding focus.Last month, Mr. Obama announced plans to withdraw the last U.S. troops from Iraq. Between that and Mr. Obama s commencement of a drawdown in Afghanistan, he said, for many military families, this holiday season will be a season of homecomings. And he urged Americans to greet the returning vets with jobs and offers of help. Let us welcome them home as what the |
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