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COMMENTS: Solemnities
ABC's White House correspondent Jake Tapper covered the President's overnight photo-op at Dover AFB. "Sobering," was what Barack Obama called it, as he reflected on his salute of the coffins as they were carried off a military transport. His predecessor George Bush "visited with hundreds of families of fallen soldiers," Tapper reminded us, "but never went to Dover." On CBS, footage of the ceremony was narrated by anchor Katie Couric. She noted "the solemnity of the moment clearly visible on the face of the Commander in Chief." ABC's Tapper reported on the nighttime helicopter ride back to the White House: "Obama thanked his military aide for arranging the trip. No one said a word for the remainder of the 45-minute flight."
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