President Obama hugs a survivor during the 31st Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 15 in Washington, D.C.
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Obama attended the annual event to honor law-enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty during the previous year.
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