Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. This lesson we learned in World War II. I lived that lesson in Europe. Others lived it in the Pacific. Millions of American veterans learned it well.
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.
Caring for veterans shouldn't be a partisan issue. It should an American one.
On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.