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Sacrifice shall never be in vain. Thank you for what you all have done for our country. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the secretary of the army. Good morning. A very special day. Secretary hagel, sir, thank you obviously for your gracious words in your presence here today. As well for the tremendous leadership, steady hand youve brought to these very challenging times. Chief, mrs. O. , Sergeant Major, distinguished members of congress, all of the department of defense family, particularly those from the United States army, but especially to the families and the honorees who are with us here today, welcome. It is wonder to see all of you again. As ive become the 21st secretary of the army, ive had many occasions to attend some pretty Historic Events and i probably should go without saying today is certainly one of them ....
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] i would be delighted to yield to our speaker if you would like to continue this. I just want to say this. Please use the microphone. There was no question in my mind that the arguments and metements i said change to on complaint of the members. I dont believe they were notified. I believe that they truly did not get the mail in their office. I am inviting you to hear a dialogue on my protection of american policy and Foreign Affairs should be. To 1970s to go back 1972. Gentleman baldwin, a who i have the greatest respect for, chairman of our intelligence committee. You are going to ask about their policy and the vietnam war. Did you speak to your wife lately . I want you to come in and answer the questions of the philosophy you had then. You talk about angola. ....
The action of china. I want to thank their leadership. They view the situation in its historical, cultural concepts. We appreciate their reaction. I would like to address the people of the u. S. I am proud that freedom is above all for them. But what about the free will of crimean. Is that not the same value . I do believe that europeans are understanding. The germans understand us. The reunification of germany, that with a high level issue. Not all countries which were allies of germany then, not all of them supported the idea of reunification. The soviet union did support that. It was up to germans to engage in reunification. I hope that germany will support the decision of russia to restore unity. [applause] to address the people of ukraine, you dont want to damage your system. We respect the cultural sovereignty of ukraine. There are those who use greek rain to pursue their agenda. They have a slogan to unite ukraine, but they split ukraine. They are to blame for the divisions the ....