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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:03 PM

Published 10/30/2009 by Yahoo! Malaysia


US sacrifice weighs on Obama after air base vigil

AFP - 2 hours 35 minutes ago

US President Barack Obama stands during the dignified transfer of Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Indiana, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. Obama said Thursday his poignant trip to witness the return of fallen Americans from Afghanistan was a sobering reminder of extraordinary sacrifices...

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"It was a sobering reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our young men and women in uniform are engaging in every single day" Obama said in the Oval...
US sacrifice weighs on Obama after air base vigil [Yahoo! Malaysia - 10/30/2009]
"Obviously the burden that both our troops and our families bear in any wartime situation is going to bear on how I see these conflicts."
US sacrifice weighs on Obama after air base vigil [Yahoo! Malaysia - 10/30/2009]
"And it is something that I think about each and every day."
US sacrifice weighs on Obama after air base vigil [Yahoo! Malaysia - 10/30/2009]

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