Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the final one. It is so ironic. I didn't mean it to be this way, but I am so proud of it. It is a U.S. Marine Colonel--I am a U.S. Marine Colonel; these are my peer groups--to be Brigadier General of the U.S. Marine Corps. Let's read about Col. Richard Joyce to be Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps--again, another heroic American. Colonel Joyce has deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the Commanding Officer of an attack squadron. He is a Cobra pilot. That is an attack helicopter, the AH-1. He was Director of the staff group for Gen. Robert Neller when he was the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Colonel Joyce received the Air Medal with the combat distinguishing device--that means heroism in combat--for heroic achievement while participating in aerial flight as an attack helicopter pilot of an AH- 1--that is a Cobra helicopter--assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, deployed with Marine Air Group 40 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on 22 May 2009. He was under direct fire from three different directions, with enemy forces effectively engaging his aircraft--incoming from three different directions. He placed precision fires on each of these enemy positions, destroying them and providing direct relief to outnumbered friendly forces on the ground. Not a paper pusher. Not a woke warrior. A real, true American hero right here, and we are going to tell him: Stay on the bench. Maybe not.…”