President Obama made a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor the return of fallen soldiers in Afghanistan.
He was taking part in a solemn process to transfer the remains of 15 soldiers and three Drug Enforcement Agency agents from the back of the C-17 to a transport vehicle to a base mortuary.
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