Edward A. Falk wrote:
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RBnDFW wrote:

They said on the news this morning that he isn't going to do that this year.
Decided he needed a vacation instead.

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Read Snopes. Presidents don't always attend the ceremony personally.
All of Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II skipped it from time to time.
In fact, Bush I *never* attended the ceremony.

Bush 1, a decorated war hero, was entitled to miss some.

Bush 2 missed 2002, when he substituted the D-Day cemetery at Normandy.