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On day two of our road to Chicago

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series were in Washington , D . C .

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We've arrived just in time for the

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annual awards gala of the Atlantic

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Council , a non partisan institution

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which has been promoting transatlantic

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cooperation and international security

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for 50 years . A crowd of excited young

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women have gathered just to catch a

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glimpse of one of tonight's honorees .

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Would you like to tell us why you're

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here ? Why ? Because he's

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awesome . Besides being really good

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looking . He's just a good guy and I

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think he really represents England well

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and not just a celebrity , but he does

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things for the people to tonight . Do

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you know what tonight's gala is all

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about serving veterans , giving thanks

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for those who served . How important is

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that to you ? Very important . I mean

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he's just like I said , he's just not a

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pretty face or a celebrity . He

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actually does get involved in the

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causes and really reach out , reaches

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out to those who he didn't want to see

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him . Unfortunately , Harry's fans

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don't get to see him tonight . When he

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arrives . He's briskly escorted inside

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where he is honored for his unrelenting

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support for wounded veterans , british

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and american forces trained together .

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They fight together and tragically some

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are wounded and some die together . It

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makes perfect sense to me therefore

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that we should , wherever possible and

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appropriate work together by pooling

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our expertise and experience to heal

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and support the wounded veterans of

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both our nations .

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The charity Gala is

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all about celebrating the transatlantic

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relationship , which is as vital today

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as it was 50 years ago . You know the

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relationship between America and Europe

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rests on centuries of common history .

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It Western common values . It was on a

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common vision . It was also a common

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interest . And for me , celebrating the

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transatlantic link today , just two

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weeks before the Chicago summit , is a

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great symbol of the relevance of the

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21st century , a view shared also by

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these young americans outside the venue .

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What's more important than us uniting

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together and working together and

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trying to find peace through democracy .

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That's the most important thing in this

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world right now that we live in . It's

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very important to have good

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relationships with other countries and

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people . And I think that icon and

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symbol like Prince Harry is kind of

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lays between the US and Britain and I

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think that's a great guy to be doing

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that for us in the third episode of our

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Road to Chicago series will be meeting

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with the atlantic Council's Young

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atlanticist here in Washington as they

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prepare for the Chicago youth Summit .

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We'll join them for a debate about

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their expectations of the summit and

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the future role of NATOO