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John Drake: Congressman, thank you for coming and being with us. I am sure on your trip that it was just like on mine, I realized…

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
Congressman, thank you for coming and being with us. I am sure on your trip that it was just like on mine, I realized immediately these are people who have chosen to be here. It is an all-volunteer force. I am sure you also saw, as I did, that many of them volunteered to go to Iraq and to go back to Iraq; and it is just so impressive, the commitment that they have given to our Nation and the words of our men and women just like Corporal Starr. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Tennessee. {time} 1945
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