also...
Obama is not the first president to miss the Arlington ceremony. Ronald Reagan spoke at West Point one year, and went to his California ranch another year. George H.W. Bush, a war veteran, did not go at all. Bill Clinton, who did not serve in Vietnam and had a rocky time with the military, went to Arlington all eight years, and George W. Bush, who also avoided combat service in Vietnam, attended from 2003 onward.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052702696.html
Let me be perfectly clear, I do not like the man at all. He disgusts me, however in all fairness the above should be clarified.