Defense Dept. photo by U.S.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class
Chad J. McNeeley |
From left:
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates, President
George W. Bush, Army Maj.
Gen. Richard J. Rowe Jr.,
commanding general, Military
District of Washington,
Veterans Affairs Secretary
James B. Peake and Army Col.
David Moran, Military
District of Washington
chaplain, render honors
during the playing of Taps
at the conclusion of the
Memorial Day wreath laying
ceremony at Arlington
National Cemetery, Va., May
26, 2008. |