We owe it to all our veterans to honor them as we honored our Greatest Generation – not just with words, but with deeds.
Barack Obama: “We owe it to all our veterans to honor them as we honored our Greatest Generation – not just with words, but with deeds.”
On the recordDecember 6, 2008
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Remarks by the President-Elect Announcing the Nomination of General Eric K. Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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