Obama to mark Vets Day with wreath-laying at Arlington

President Barack Obama will mark Wednesday's Veterans Day holiday with a wreath-laying and speech at Arlington National Cemetary.

The president will travel to the Virginia cemetary tomorrow, where he'll lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unkowns, the resting place for unknown veterans of World Wars I and II, as well as conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.

Obama will also deliver a speech at Arlington's ampitheater, where he'll be introduced by Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki.

Earlier in the day, Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will join Vice President Joe Biden and his wife for a Veterans Day breakfast at the White House.

After marking the federal holiday at Arlington, the president will later huddle with his national security team as part of Obama's ongoing process to decide how to proceed in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Participants will include Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, Gen. David Petraeus, and other members of the president's national security team.

Reports had swirled this morning that Obama had decided to, in fact, endorse Gen. Stanley McChrystal's recommendation for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan, though the White House denied Tuesday that the president had made any final determinations of strategy.

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