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And The Last Thing That I Want To See Us Do Is Ask More And More Of Our Troops [in Afghanistan ] Without Guaranteeing That We're Providing More And More Of What's Necessary To Make The Mission Successful.

Things Happened There That I Don't Think Are The Finest Hours For Anybody, Whether It Was A Journalist, The Legal System Or, In That Case Of The Political System, Who Would Say That Was An Example Of When Washington Worked Best.

We Invoke The Sacrifices Of Our Fallen Heroes In The Abstract, But We Seldom Take Time To Thank Them Individually.

When President Obama Entered The White House, The Economy Was In A Free-fall. The Auto Industry: On Its Back. The Banks: Frozen Up. More Than Three Million Americans Had Already Lost Their Jobs. And America's Bravest, Our Men And Women In Uniform, Were Fighting What Would Soon Be The Longest Wars In Our History.

Permitting And Protecting Even The Smallest Acts Of Abuse By A Tiny Fraction Of Our Officers Leads To A Culture Where Extreme Acts Of Abuse Are More Likely.