MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The commander-in-chief today saluted recent loss and recent courage, his words, on far flung battlefields, and CNN's Suzanne Malveaux is live from the White House with more on the president's day -- Suzanne.</s>SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Miles, President Bush participated in a really a very touching and moving tribute to those men and women who ultimately sacrificed their lives for the their country. He was in Arlington National Cemetery earlier today. This is where veterans from the American Revolution to the war on terror are buried. The president really paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the war on terror inside of Afghanistan, as well as Iraq. It began with a moment of silence, and then the presentation of colors. The president then laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns followed by the playing of "Taps". President Bush by has side was Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, the message very clear today, that this is a nation that does not forget.</s>GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: In every generation of Americans, we have found courage equal to the tasks of our country. The farms and small towns and city streets of this land have always produced free citizens who assume the discipline and duty of military life.</s>MALVEAUX: And the president is asking the nation in about 45 minutes, that's 3:00 Eastern Standard Time, to take a moment to remember all of those who sacrificed their lives for this country. He is also asking for Americans, if you have a flag, to lower it to half staff today in honor of those veterans, and we have been told that the president is not going to be doing business as usual, but rather he is simply going to take the rest of this day as the residence to recognize and to pay tribute to those veterans -- Miles.</s>O'BRIEN: Thank you very much. Suzanne Malveaux at the White House.
President Bush Hails "Recent Loss, Recent Courage"