CBS EVENING NEWS
11/11/24
6:58 PM
NORAH O’DONNELL: In honor of Veterans Day, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris saluted all Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. ["Taps" playing]
O’DONNELL: The president and vice president took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
JOE BIDEN: This is the last time I will stand here at Arlington as Commander-in-Chief. It's been the greatest honor of my life to lead you, to serve you, to care for you, to defend you just as you defended us generation after generation after generation.
O’DONNELL: The president’s son Beau served in Iraq in the National Guard and later died from brain cancer. And to all of AMerica’s veterans, thank you.