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Hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest were going to get to a ticker tape cerem...

With burns. when they told him he was a hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest ...

With burns. when they told him he was a hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest ...

Blow-back, i would say sharp analysis as far as what it really means on the ending the war in iraq and whether its worth it, quote, unquote. as he continues to highlight his end, is it potentially hazardous insofar as it reminds americans, again, of the war and the treasure lost and the blood sacrificed and so on and so forth and the fact that the country itself remains unstable today? >> theres a lot of people out there that supported him and me including. i was just pulling out and i wish he w...

Hernandez, congressional intern who helped save the live of congresswoman gabby giffords. the speech writers come up with a way to fit the personal story of the hero into the speech. the person gets recognition at the big speech event. its a way we model heroism for the whole country. i do not resent this at all. i think its cool. when presidents speak to military audiences, theres a variation on this, where they highlight the story of a service member who has a connection to that specific milit...

2012 into the year of the veteran for this country. >> well, obviously thats one of the things we do at vote vets is take the veterans voice and put it in political debate so we ensure our issues are taken care of. well go after politicians bad to the military. we went after mostly republicans who went against body armor so were very interested in getting veterans in the debate. coming hope, its hard. went to get $1,000 out of a bank account to put a down payment on an apartment here and the gir...

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Finally theres no severe weather to track. we have that tornado watch, that rectangular box that goes up through columbia and charlotte. im more concerned with northern south carolina and eastern south carolina this afternoon. we have a mod are the risk of severe weather from the raleigh area down around ft. bragg to myrtle beach, havlock. its your turn to be prepared. make sure you know where youre going to go with the family and the kids in case things get nasty. thats possible this afternoon....

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