06/06/2011
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"Our military families are the heroes on the homefront."
"After all the sacrifices you've made, we want to preserve the gains that you've made."
"Our way of life—the freedom, prosperity and security that we enjoy as Americans—is not a gift that is simply handed to us."
"The end of our combat mission in Afghanistan doesn't mean the end of challenges to our security."