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| TIME | SPEAKER | TEXT |
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| 01:01:36 |
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To the Fort Hood community; to Admiral Mullen; General Casey; General Cone; Secretary McHugh; Secretary... |
| 01:02:28 |
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This is a time of war. Yet these Americans did not die on a foreign field of battle. They were killed... |
| 01:02:58 |
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For those families who have lost a loved one, no words can fill the void that's been left. We knew... |
| 01:03:22 |
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But here is what you must also know: Your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. Their... |
| 01:04:01 |
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Neither this country -- nor the values upon which we were founded -- could exist without men and women... |
| 01:04:17 |
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Chief Warrant Officer Michael Cahill had served in the National Guard and worked as a physician's... |
| 01:04:36 |
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Major Libardo Eduardo Caraveo spoke little English when he came to America as a teenager. But he... |
| 01:04:57 |
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Staff Sergeant Justin DeCrow joined the Army right after high school, married his high school sweetheart,... |
| 01:05:16 |
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After retiring from the Army as a major, John Gaffaney cared for society's most vulnerable during... |
| 01:05:36 |
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Specialist Frederick Greene was a Tennessean who wanted to join the Army for a long time, and did... |
| 01:05:52 |
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Specialist Jason Hunt was also recently married, with three children to care for. He joined the Army... |
| 01:06:10 |
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Staff Sergeant Amy Krueger was an athlete in high school, joined the Army shortly after 9/11, and... |
| 01:06:30 |
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Private First Class Aaron Nemelka was an Eagle Scout who just recently signed up to do one of the... |
| 01:06:50 |
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Private First Class Michael Pearson loved his family and loved his music, and his goal was to be a... |
| 01:07:09 |
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Captain Russell Seager worked as a nurse for the VA, helping veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress.... |
| 01:07:29 |
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Private Francheska Velez, daughter of a father from Colombia and a Puerto Rican mother, had recently... |
| 01:07:48 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Warman was the daughter and granddaughter of Army veterans. She was a... |
| 01:08:06 |
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Private First Class Kham Xiong came to America from Thailand as a small child. He was a husband and... |
| 01:08:25 |
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These men and women came from all parts of the country. Some had long careers in the military. Some... |
| 01:08:58 |
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For that same spirit is embodied in the community here at Fort Hood, and in the many wounded who are... |
| 01:09:16 |
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One young soldier, Amber Bahr, was so intent on helping others, she did not realize for some time... |
| 01:09:44 |
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It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy. But this much we do know... |
| 01:10:11 |
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These are trying times for our country. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, the same extremists who killed... |
| 01:10:38 |
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As we face these challenges, the stories of those at Fort Hood reaffirm the core values that we are... |
| 01:11:25 |
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We are a nation that endures because of the courage of those who defend it. We saw that valor in... |
| 01:11:40 |
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We are a nation of laws whose commitment to justice is so enduring that we would treat a gunman and... |
| 01:11:51 |
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We're a nation that guarantees the freedom to worship as one chooses. And instead of claiming God... |
| 01:12:03 |
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We're a nation that is dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal. We... |
| 01:12:33 |
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Tomorrow is Veterans Day. It's a chance to pause, and to pay tribute -- for students to learn the... |
| 01:12:57 |
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For history is filled with heroes. You may remember the stories of a grandfather who marched across... |
| 01:13:26 |
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We need not look to the past for greatness, because it is before our very eyes. |
| 01:13:33 |
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This generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have volunteered in the... |
| 01:14:23 |
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In today’s wars, there's not always a simple ceremony that signals our troops’ success -- no surrender... |
| 01:15:08 |
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Here, at Fort Hood, we pay tribute to 13 men and women who were not able to escape the horror of war,... |
| 01:15:27 |
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Long after they are laid to rest -- when the fighting has finished, and our nation has endured; when... |
| 01:16:04 |
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So we say goodbye to those who now belong to eternity. We press ahead in pursuit of the peace that... |