Barack Obama, Memorial Day | featured news

As the nation remembers veterans who have served their country throughout the U.S. military, a new Gallup poll reveals that those same veterans overwhelmingly support Mitt Romney over President Obama in the race for the White House.

Paying tribute to dead soldiers and their families, President Obama said Monday that the nation had reached a "milestone” of relative peace, noting the end of the Iraq war and plans to end America’s role in the Afghan war.

President Barack Obama honored America's fallen service members, and called on Americans to remember their sacrifice. In a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, Mr. Obama expressed the honor and solemn responsibility he feels serving as commander in chief of "one of the finest fighting forces the world has ever known."

Vice President Joe Biden is saluting the sacrifices of the men and women of America's fighting forces at the nation's most hallowed burial ground.

He said the United States has "a sacred obligation" to provide its servicemen and women – "these new warriors" – with everything they need to carry out their jobs. President Barack Obama was to preside over a separate holiday observance near Chicago later Monday.

President Obama sought to dodge racial controversy on Memorial Day, sending wreaths to a monument for Confederate soldiers and ...

President Obama urged Americans to pay tribute to veterans on Memorial Day, saying the nation all too often has "failed to live ...

In 361-64 vote, House gives final approval to legislation, ensuring that Obama will be able to sign the bill into law by Memorial Day.