At Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Mr. Biden said there's a common understanding across political backgrounds to "never leave anyone on the battlefield, ever leave anyone behind as casualties of conflicts that have taken such toll that are never totally forgotten.''
''Our losses to violence, to sickness, to war and conflict, they go deep, they can feel very personal - but they are losses not of just a singular soldier, they are losses to us all,'' the president also said at Arlington earlier Monday.