Bob Kerrey: “I say to the chairman and ranking member, I am not going to make any additional arguments on the specifics. I want to…”

“I say to the chairman and ranking member, I am not going to make any additional arguments on the specifics. I want to make some closing comments. I am prepared to yield back time and go to the vote. I don't know where they are, but I will start talking so they understand that is where I am. The Senator from Texas made an effort to establish his bona fides and did a very good job referencing his father, who was a career military officer. In my closing, I need to do a little subtracting in my bona fides. I have received the Medal of Honor, as was mentioned several times. The Senator from Texas said he was not there that night and does not know what happened. When I saw the citation, I didn't know if I was there that night. I didn't receive the Medal of Honor because of my heroism. I received it because of many men out there, heroic beyond me, who did not have a witness or had a witness who did not like them or could not write or something got lost in the food chain, as some of these sometimes do. I am a recipient for others, and I do not say that in any sense of false modesty at all. I say it sincerely and genuinely. I understand Reserve officers, which I am, and career officers are substantially different.…”