Bill Clinton: “Thank you. Well, Colonel McGee, I think this is one of those days where I'm supposed to take orders. [Laughter] I am…”

“Thank you. Well, Colonel McGee, I think this is one of those days where I'm supposed to take orders. [Laughter] I am delighted to see you. I thank you and Colonel Crockett for the jacket. I can't help saying as a point of personal pride that Colonel Crockett is a citizen of my home State, Arkansas. And we go back a ways, and we were together not all that long ago in Cambridge, England, when we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. And we were there together. Colonel Campbell, I think you were picked to speak not because you were born in Tuskegee but because you give a good speech. [Laughter] I think you did a fine job. Thank you, sir. Let me say to all the Tuskegee Airmen here, we are honored by your presence and grateful for your service. I'd like to ask all the Tuskegee Airmen who are here just to stand for a moment so we can express our appreciation. They are out in the audience as well as here. Please stand. [Applause] Thank you very much. There are so many distinguished people here in the audience; let me begin by thanking Secretary Cohen for his outstanding leadership. Janet, we're glad to see you here, glad you did that interview with General Davis many years ago. I thank the people from the White House who are here, General Kerrick and others; the people from the Pentagon, Deputy Secretary Hamre, Secretary Caldera, Secretary Danzig, Acting Secretary Peters, General Shelton, all the Joint Chiefs are here today.…”