Remarks by President Obama at a Memorial Day Service

Arlington, VA–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2011 – 11:25 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Please be seated. 

Thank you, Secretary Gates, and thank you for your extraordinary service to our nation.  I think that Bob Gates will go down as one of our finest Secretaries of Defense in our history, and it’s been an honor to serve with him.  (Applause.)

I also want to say a word about Admiral Mullen.  On a day…