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President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney will both commemorate Memorial Day with tributes to military veterans.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama will participate in the traditional event at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. The Obamas and Vice President Biden's wife, Jill, will also attend an event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on the National Mall to mark the 50th anniversary of the war.

“This month, we’ll begin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, a time when, to our shame, our veterans did not always receive the respect and the thanks they deserved â€" a mistake that must never be repeated," the president said in a statement circulated by the White House.

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