Harry Reid: “today, this afternoon, here in the Senate, I stand, for lack of a better description, with a sad heart. I am sorrowful.…”

“today, this afternoon, here in the Senate, I stand, for lack of a better description, with a sad heart. I am sorrowful. Almost every day we see news reports about casualties sustained by our brave men and women in Iraq. In the last 2 days we have lost five soldiers. These reports are always troubling, but when they involve another young person from my State, they really hit home. Josh Byers of Sparks, NV, was the kind of young man any of us would be proud to call son. He graduated from Reed High School in Sparks/ Reno, NV. Kids come from both Sparks and Reno to go to Reed High School. For many years, the Nevada congressional delegation has been holding an event that was first started by Senator Hecht, who was a Senator from Nevada. And this Senator--we started holding what we call Academy Night where we have a meeting in Reno and one in Las Vegas. We bring young men and young women from Nevada who are now in the academies back to Nevada.”