Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act on October 22, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama asked Spain to send a message to Cuba urging its president Raul Castro to step up efforts to improve relations with Washington, a Madrid newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
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ARLINGTON, Va. - President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role Wednesday, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners.

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