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After placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, President George W. Bush bows his head in a moment of silence during Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery May 26. The president delivered the keynote address at the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater after the wreath-laying ceremony. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA

After placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, President George W. Bush bows his head in a moment of silence during Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery May 26. The president delivered the keynote address at the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater after the wreath-laying ceremony. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA

After placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, President George W. Bush bows his head in a moment of silence during Memorial Day service at Arlington National Cemetery May 26. The president delivered the keynote address at the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater after the wreath-laying ceremony. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA

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