The article below describes the funeral of Specialist Louis Edward Niedermeier, who was killed in combat in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, when his unit came under fire. Niedermeier was hit by a sniper's bullet and killed. Although the funeral was a few short blocks from the White House, the President again failed to attend this or any of the other funerals for the 1,720 U.S. service members killed in the Iraq War.

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