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we fought through the wilderness and threw open the doors of richmond slave jails, all to save the constitution and renew its promise of equality and freedom. we stormed the sands and scaled the cliffs of normandy. we drove tanks through the gates, we planted the stars and stripes on iwo jima and saved civilization. we marched on washington and won the right of suffrage for women. we marched over the edmund petttus build. we about built rockets to the moon. we built the largest economy, the greatest military in history, and we buried the soviet union beneath it. the american people are always there for one another. when neighbors are hurting, strangers load up their minivans and head that way. whether it was when the towers fell and people rushed across the country to search through the rubble or whether it was when the winds blew here in iowa and the floodwaters rose. so i ask you to remember who we are. if you are attempted to despair. we re americans. and there s not ....
This is america s story. all of us have always risen to the challenge. as i sod, my father kept that bronze star in the dresser drawer but throughout my public career my family has let me keep it close. it traveled with me to the congress, to the governor s office and to the white house. for me it was always a reminder that our challenges don t demand acts of valor quite like he summoned and americans have displayed throughout our history, but a reminder fulfilling our role and our part, to keep the flame of liberty alive, and vibrant for the next generation requires each of us to summon our best, find the grace to see the best in one another, and face the future with courage. ....