英语新闻阅读： 美国纪念退伍军人节

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　　U.S. President Barack Obama is leading the nation Friday in honoring those
who have served in the armed forces.
        　　To mark the Veterans Day holiday, President Obama will participate in a
wreath-laying ceremony and deliver remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, just
outside Washington.
        　　Later, he travels to the southern California city of San Diego, where he
will speak on a U.S. Navy carrier, the USS Carl Vinson. He will then attend a
Veterans Day basketball game on the carrier featuring teams from two U.S.
universities .
        　　Veterans Day commemorates the date in 1918 when the cease-fire agreement
was signed that ended the battles of World War One . It is observed in Europe
and elsewhere as Armistice or Remembrance Day.