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>> hut. color. halt. freeze. halt. freeze. ♪ [the "star spangled banner" plays] >> halt. >> present. halt. ["taps" plays] >> halt. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, remain standing for the president's invocation and the national anthem. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the secretary of the defense. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> please join me for the invocation. [inaudible] >> from our earliest beginnings you have guided us through times of adversity and prosperity, through periods of war and feast, by your own ...

time. as for the president's schedule today, it's really focused on the military. he began with a breakfast for families who have lost loved ones in iraq and afghanistan. he'll then lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery and attend a remembrance service. a big announcement coming here in just a few minutes. >> i want to keep everybody in line with the programming note that we are expecting the president in the rose garden here coming up in a few. kristen welker, thanks so much. we want to bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. ...

tax credit because we invest so much in research, $7.3 billion a year so congressman bilbray on the house side is introduced a good bill. is a starting step to talk with democrats about making the r&d tax credit permanent, simplifying it and raising the amount of the credit. we have dropped, the r&d tax credit from first place 20 years ago to about 24th place in terms of the value of the credit. the government needs to do better. did has reenacted every other year or so. it is hard to know when it will be enacted again and so legislators on both sides of the aisle and the president r...