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Hey ,

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I'm making you know , Jeff Hammond and

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I'm again here still Baghdad still

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thinking about you guys and really

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wishing myself led by all our soldiers

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that we were home with you . And I

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think you'd well know our soldiers are

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rotating now between hood and Carson

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and they're taking their leaves and you

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get a chance to come home and hug some

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next and spend some time that they

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should with you . I first want to thank

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you . I see this whole idea of

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volunteerism two different ways . First ,

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I want to thank you for lending us your

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soldier the fact that you lent us your

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soldier here for what we are trying to

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accomplish in Baghdad uh , says

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everything in the world about you , you

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didn't have to do that . Your soldiers

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have to volunteer as less than 1% of

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the nation to do this either . But as a

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family matter , you've lent us your

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soldier and I promise you that on a day

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to day , hour , minute to minute basis .

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We're loving that soldier . We're

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protecting that soldier or leading that

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soldier the way we should with dignity ,

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with respect your volunteer soldier is

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a man or woman of character and moral

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courage . It just goes beyond anything .

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The United States America has ever seen .

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The other piece of the volunteer side

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of this is is you you back home

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volunteering on one side , you lend the

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soldier . But the other side , the big

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piece back home as you volunteer to

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help you make a difference by getting

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involved by by touching hearts and

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changing lives and to me that's what

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being a volunteer is all about you .

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You buy your individual actions , uh ,

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you touch someone's heart and you

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change your life and sometimes you

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entertain angels without even knowing

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it , but they know it because they know

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the goodness in your heart . And I just

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want to thank you here for today from

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Baghdad in a warm way , in the most

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gracious , humble way . Thank you for

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what you do for volunteering to support

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this great effort we have . It's the

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right effort . It's the right place at

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the right time that you're making a

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difference . Please take care of

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yourself . And uh , all I can say to

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you is is I volunteer at any point

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place in time , starting now in any

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time in the future , I volunteered to

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be your wing man to serve you because

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you are special . I pray for you in

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every one of you and I promise you that

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your honor remains on the move or doing

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things right over here each day at

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third and the last one and again .

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Thank God , please take care of each

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other . And my best warmest wishes

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before Carson Board Hood are precious ,

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precious credential . You the family

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members take care of yourself and good

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day from

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Baghdad