ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following remarks on May 27, 2024, by Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III at the national Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery: * * * Mr. President; Madam Vice President and Mr. Emhoff; General Brown and Mrs. Brown: I am honored to be here with you. Distinguished guests, Service members, my fellow veterans, ladies and gentlemen: Thanks for letting us share this Memorial Day with you. To our Gold Star family   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 28 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on May 27, 2024, on the 156th national Memorial Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please be seated. One hundred and sixty years ago this month, in the midst of the Civil War, the first American soldier was laid to rest at these hallowed grounds. Private William Christman, a farmworker from Pennsylvania, had enlisted just seven we  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell will host Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Okano Masataka and Republic of Korea (ROK) First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong Kyun for a trilateral dialogue in historic little Washington Virginia on May 31. This dialogue, a key deliverable from the historic 2023 Camp David Summit, will reaffirm the importance of trilateral cooperation in advancing a free a  more