WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement in observance of Veterans Day: "In 1919, one year after the conclusion of World War I, President Wilson proclaimed the first observance of Armistice Day on November 11, a day for our nation to remember and honor the over 9 million including 116,000 American lives lost d  more