11/24/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Our whole life as a nation has been an effort punctuated by crisis after crisis after crisis, to move our collective life closer to what we said we believed in over 200 years ago."
"Time will never erode the supreme value of our veterans' and servicemembers' efforts in defending the Nation's freedom."
"Approximately 2.3 million veterans and over 300,000 surviving spouses and children will benefit from this increase."
"Let us thank God for our blessings and resolve to give more of our children the blessings they deserve."