President Obama will pay his respects in Normandy on the 65th anniversary of D-Day in June

[babylonsister]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_OBAMA?SITE=CONGRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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During his news conference with Sarkozy, Obama said that the world "cannot have a nuclear arms race in the Middle East."

Sarkozy announced that Obama will return to France to walk the beaches of Normandy on the anniversary of the D-Day invasion in June.

On June 6, 1944, a 5,000-vessel armada landed at Normandy and unleashed some 156,000 soldiers, mostly Americans, British and Canadians, in a massive assault known as D-Day.

After his meeting with Sarkozy, Obama was poised to presiding over a town-hall style meeting at a sports arena. Then he was off to nearby Baden-Baden, Germany, for a meeting with Merkel.

On Saturday, the president is back in Strasbourg for the NATO event, where the war in Afghanistan will command attention. Obama is pursuing a new strategy in the war and looking to NATO leaders to commit new combat forces and other help.

[rurallib]

1. thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of my late father-in-law.

[rateyes]

2. And, on behalf of my grandmother's brother,

who is buried at the ABC Cemetery in Normandy.

:patriot: to your father-in-law, and all who fought and/or died.