Political Quotes

“I just finished a meeting in my office. It was emotional, to say the least. Two mothers--both mothers of Marine Corps men--came to my office to tell me about their boys who were killed in Iraq. I asked each of them to tell me about their sons. Helena Lukac, of Hungarian ancestry, a beautiful woman, spoke with an accent telling me about her boy. He had better than a 4-point grade average at Durango High School. He loved math and science. He wanted to be an FBI agent or a CIA operative. He told his mom: I am not sure I can do that because we came from a Communist country. I am not sure they would let me do that. He joined the Marine Corps when he was 18, and at 19 years old he was killed. Gloria Salazar's son was 23 when he was killed. He wanted to be in the Marine Corps from the time he was little, but at the first attempt he couldn't pass the physical. But he worked on his deficiencies and came back and joined the Marine Corps. She was very proud of him. She showed me a picture of his arrival in Iraq with his camera that he used which was part of his job in Iraq. The mothers told the same story. They knew when their sons had been killed. Ms. Salazar was shopping in a mall, and that afternoon her son's picture kept falling out of her purse. She was so troubled she went home, and during the day she went to sleep, which was unusual. The time was assessed thereafter. She slept from the time he was injured until the time he died.…”