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President Barack Obama shares a 'thumbs-up" with a veteran at a Veterans Day breakfast in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 11, 2009. After breakfast with veterans in the East Room of the White House, the president took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, then spoke at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.

'THUMBS UP'

President Barack Obama shares a 'thumbs-up" with a veteran at a Veterans Day breakfast in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 11, 2009. After breakfast with veterans in the East Room of the White House, the president took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, then spoke at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.

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