Conar Valley News Today

This group. to the five honorees and your families tonight, thank you. as a group in your own ways you brought people together. youve made us laugh, youve made us cry, youve made us sing, youve made us dance. and generations of families have shared the love of your work. and our nation is stronger, more dynamic, and more vibrant because of you. you know, i wont go into it, but as ive been in and out of afghanistan and iraq over 27 times, i think, and going to these war zones, be up in the conar ...

I sat down with a young private in the 82nd from the indian reservation who would tell me what he did every day. i was in awe. and to see what they had in front of them, then to go back there in december, to go throughout helmand with the marines to see what they have accomplished, its nothing short of amazing. what we dont want to do is lose the gains weve gotten. now, weve disagreed from time to time on issues. we would have taken into account recommendations from our generals. weve been skept...

>> martha? lets keep our eye on the ball. the reason ive been in and out of afghanistan and iraq 20 times. ive been up in the conar valley. ive been in that whole country mostly in a helicopter, sometimes in a vehicle. the fact is, we went there for one reason to get those people who killed americans. al qaeda. we decimated al qaeda central. we have eliminated osama bin laden. that was our purpose. and, in fact, in the meantime, what we said we would do, we would help train the afghan military. ...