07/18/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Leon, from your first day in uniform until today, your dedicated service to America has spanned nearly 50 remarkable years."
"That's why we need to return to normalcy when it comes to how we debate and decide these issues."
"This son of immigrants...will be remembered for historic progress in welcoming more of our fellow citizens to military service."
"Sequestration is bad policy that was never intended to be implemented."