Political Quotes

“Talking about soldiers that do things well, I mean, we went to Arbil, and there were two groups of people that were absolutely outstanding. The troops from North Dakota, our colleague from North Dakota, Representative Pomeroy, was with us. These guys have the responsibility of every day being on the road 18 to 20 hours and making sure that 50 miles of highway is free from IEDs. Man, these guys are good, and they have done a phenomenal job. They had a casualty a couple of weeks ago. Our sympathy goes to that unit, obviously the soldier's family in North Dakota and the whole community. But they are well-trained, and it was inspiring to listen to their story about we came here with a job to do and here is what we have learned and here is how we are doing it. They have experienced 42 explosions, I think about 42 explosions. The vehicles they are in are designed that the compartment where the soldiers are in survives. The wheels may fall off and the engine may go away and the transmission may be gone, but the soldiers are protected. They have experienced 42 explosions, but they have stopped, what was it, 562 they have stopped. We saw some of the devices that they have. If you wonder how good our guys are.…”