Political Quotes

“I follow up on the comments of the Senator from New York with respect to sacrifice. Our State is a small State. We only have about 800,000 people. We have reservists who serve in all the branches of our military. We have the Delaware National Guard unit. When I was Governor, I was privileged to be their commander in chief. I know many of them personally, as well as their families. When guard and reservists are called to be deployed to active duty, usually our Governor is there to send them off and tries to be there to receive them when they come home. Similarly, when it is a unit of another branch of the service--Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines--we like to be there to welcome them home, too. I will mention two units, one Marine Reserve unit, the second a unit of the Delaware National Guard, folks who fly and maintain the C-130 cargo aircraft, part of the air bridge between this country and other parts around the world. About 2 weeks ago, I was invited to be part of a welcome home ceremony for a number of Marine reservists. They had been called to active duty. They served in Iraq. They were able to come home to their families. They came home largely to their spouses--mostly to wives-- they came home to their children, came home to brothers and sisters, moms and dads in many cases, they came home to their neighbors, and they came home to their jobs.”