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With a wreath and solemn remarks, President Obama honored U.S. soldiers today at Arlington National Cemetery. Plus, photos of Memorial Day ceremonies and full coverage below.

Honoring "America's guardians," President Obama laid a wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns in Arligton National Cemetery today. In a speech, he then paid tribute to fallen soldiers: "Each of them adds honor to what it means to be a soldier, sailor, airman, Marine and Coast Guardsman. Each is a link in an unbroken chain that stretches back to the earliest days of our republic. And on this day, we memorialize them all."

Related story on The Daily Beast: The Memorial Day Diaries

Photos: Memorial Day 2011

Before his trip to Arlington, Obama nominated Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday. Dempsey would replace Adm. Michael Mullen, whose term ends in September. Dempsey has plenty of combat experience,...

This is regarding the Your Highness: Swords & Sorcery Supreme event we posted on Facebook. If you’re just hearing about it now, the RSVPs are closed and counted and we will not be taking anymore. Thanks for your understanding.

Wow. We had quite a day trying to get this event set up, and due to some miscommunication, things got… well.. miscommunicated. Let’s start from the beginning! We get a lot of opportunities to bring you guys advanced promotional screenings for soon-to-be-released films. These opportunities usually come in the form of a studio request and are usually promoted via Facebook. Facebook isn’t necessarily the strongest system for managing the sheer volume of excited people RSVPing to these events, however, and this became very clear today.We are already moving forward on a new system that will allow us to announce RSVPs to our loyal Facebook followers but use...

Forget the candlelit dinner for two: Trisha Yearwood says she and hubby Garth Brooks plan to make their five-year anniversary celebration on Friday a family event.  "When we got married five years ago we married the girls, so the five of us always celebrate together," she told People at the Women of Worth Awards in New York City on Thursday.  Yearwood is step-mom to Brooks's three teenage daughters - Taylor, August and Allie - and said the whole family has big plans for the anniversary they'll be celebrating back home in Oklahoma.  "We're going to see Tangled," she revealed. "We...