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- You know, it's just a great joy

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to see everybody in great
spirits doing such important work

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with so much discipline and so much pride,

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I think it just makes all
of us feel really good.

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So I want to congratulate all of you.

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I'm proud of you.

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Well, I think that in speaking to

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the commanding officers
here, what's clear is

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that we've really
perfected a lot of systems

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to move equipment, supplies,
and obviously troops

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in and out of Iraq,

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as well as some of the
work that's being done

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to coordinate our
activities in Afghanistan.

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And the key, I think at
this point, is to make sure

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that not only do you guys
have the support that you need

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back home and in Congress,

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but that we also have a
strategy and a mission

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that allows you to do your jobs well

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but it's also going to serve the larger

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strategic interests of the United States.

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Well, you know, we have
the finest fighting force

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in the history of the world.

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And what you're not going to see

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are the sort of traditional
armies arrayed against us

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that we saw in World
War II or World War I,

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we've got asymmetric threats.

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Terrorists.

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We've got individuals
who, with a strap on bomb,

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can do enormous harm.

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And that means that in addition to

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the great work that our military is doing,

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we've got to have much
better intelligence.

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We've got to have much
more effective diplomacy.

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We've got to have a clear strategic vision

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that uses all of our
power, our economic power,

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our diplomatic power,
our intellectual power,

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as well as our military power
to help make this world safe.

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Hi, my name is Senator Barack Obama,

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and I want to wish the U.S. Army Central

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a happy 90th birthday.

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Patton's own! Congratulations.

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(crowd cheers)

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I want you all to know
that my grandfather served

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in Patton's Army in
World War II in Europe.

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And so there's a direct connection there.

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And I am just very proud
of the extraordinary work

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that the troops that are
going here in Kuwait.

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You're providing all the
logistical support that's needed

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for folks in the battlefield

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and without you, this effort
would not be successful.

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So thank you to everybody for
your extraordinary success.

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We're very, very, very grateful to you.

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Well, we're just proud of the people

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who have been serving here.

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They are dedicated; they are professional.

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This is one of the biggest
logistical operations

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in history and for folks
to be doing it so well,

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under oftentimes adverse conditions,

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is something that we're
all just very proud of.