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- As the officer in charge of CNO-IP,

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I'm honored and humbled to
lead the team this year,

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as we commemorate the eight members

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of CNO-IP lost on September 11th, 2001.

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As we come together again, 19 years later,

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2020 offers a new challenge

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as we face a global pandemic
as a Navy and a nation.

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At CNO-IP, we remain committed

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to honoring the memory and sacrifice

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of those we lost on 9/11.

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This year, we will continue our tradition,

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but are required to adapt the ceremony

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due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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A select group of current CNO-IP members

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will join family members
at noon on September 11th

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to lay wreaths and render honors

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at Arlington National Cemetery.

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I would like to personally
thank Arlington Cemetery

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for approving our request
to hold our ceremony

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this year in the midst of the pandemic.

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I would also like to thank
Naval intelligence professionals

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and the Naval Officers Spouse
Club of Washington, D.C.

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for donating the wreaths

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and their continued support
each year for this event.

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In addition to the ceremony on 9/11,

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we are making a short
video to capture and share

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the memory of our shipmates with our

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IWC friends and families who can

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not be present at Arlington this year.

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I will be followed by Commander Office

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of Naval Intelligence,
Rear Admiral Aeschbach

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and the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations

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for Information Warfare

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and Director of Naval Intelligence,

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Vice Admiral Trussler who
have graciously offered

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to share their remarks
for this year's ceremony.

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As is our tradition,

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I will now state the names
of our fallen shipmates.

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Commander Dan Shanower,

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Lieutenant Commander Vince Tolbert,

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Lieutenant Jonas Panik,

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Lieutenant Darin Pontell,

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IT I, Julian Cooper,

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Ms. Angie Houtz,

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Mr. Gary Moran,

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Mr. Brady Howell.

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Thank you for joining
our virtual ceremony.

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- The Naval intelligence community

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experienced its greatest loss of life

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in a single event in its
history on September 11th, 2001.

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The men and women who perished
in the Pentagon that day

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represented the best
talent of our profession.

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Naval officers Commander Dan Shanower,

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Lieutenant Commander Vince Tolbert,

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and Lieutenants Jonas
Panik and Darren Pontell,

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civilian analyst Angie Houtz,

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contractors and enlisted Navy veterans,

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Jerry Moran and Julian Cooper,

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and presidential management
intern, Brady Howell.

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They came from the east and west coast,

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the mountains and the Midwest states.

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Their lives traveled different paths

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to lead them to their
professional calling,

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but they all shared a
commitment to excellence

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and a unity of purpose in their dedication

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to serving the Navy and the nation.

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We have honored their
sacrifice here at ONI

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with a memorial garden and a
display in our history gallery.

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There are still many of us
who knew them personally

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and feel their absence deeply.

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Even after personal memories fade,

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we shall never forget their service.

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As President Abraham Lincoln
said in his Gettysburg address,

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"It is for us, the living,

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"to be dedicated here
to the unfinished work,

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"which they have thus
far so nobly advanced."

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10 years after a tragic accident in 1987

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took the lives of four
of Commander Shanhower's

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Carrier Air Wing Five shipmates
assigned to USS Midway,

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he reflected on their passing

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in a "Proceedings" magazine article

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titled "Freedom Isn't Free".

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I would like to share some
of Commander Shanhower's

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own insight with you today

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as we remember the sacrifices

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that our Naval intelligence

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shipmates made on September 11th, 2001.

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"I believe that because they died

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"in the prime of their lives,

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"in the service of our country,

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"their sacrifices take
on a special meaning.

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"Each one risked and lost his or her life

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"for something they believed in

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"leaving behind friends,
family, and shipmates

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"to bear the burden

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"and celebrate their
devotion to our country.

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"They knew the risks they were taking

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"and gave their lives for
something bigger than themselves.

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"I'll never forget them.

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"And I'll never forget the day

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"I learned that freedom isn't free."

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September 11th was devastating

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but it also unified us in
our fight against terrorism

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as we mourned and consoled
each other as Americans.

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Today, we find ourselves united against

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a different sort of enemy

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as we battle a virus that
is debilitating our nation.

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But despite this pandemic

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and its requirements to
maintain social distancing,

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telework, and limit travel,

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we unite this year in spirit
to honor our shipmates

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and to ensure their lives

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and their sacrifices are never forgotten.

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19 years have passed
since that terrible day.

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And since then ONI and Naval intelligence

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has seen many changes.

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I am confident that our shipmates

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would be pleased and proud

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of how we have pulled together

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to transform Naval intelligence

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to be at the forefront
of defending our nation

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and our way of life.

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There can be no better
tribute to them than that.

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- Good morning, as Deputy Chief

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of Naval Operations
for Information Warfare

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and Director of Naval intelligence,

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I am honored to be part of
this annual commemoration

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to honor the sacrifices of 16 members

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of our information warfare community,

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including the eight members of CNO-IP

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who perished in the Pentagon

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that fateful day of September 11th, 2001.

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The events of September 11th

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are now part of our collective
national consciousness.

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It is one of those pivotal
moments in our nation's history

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when all who experienced that day

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remember exactly where they were

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and what they were doing when
they first heard the news.

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I was driving from Newport, Rhode Island

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to Groton, Connecticut.

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The initial news reports were confusing

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but by the time I reached
the submarine base in Groton,

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it was clear to me we were under attack.

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The base was locked down in
force protection condition Delta

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and I had nowhere to go.

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I decided to continue driving back

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to Millington, Tennessee,
where I was stationed.

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An overnight drive that took me 20 hours

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while I listened intently to updates

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of what was happening in that
rapidly changing environment.

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It was hard for me to imagine

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that the United States was
attacked in that manner

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and almost incomprehensible that they

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could fly a plane into the Pentagon.

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This is now the 19th
anniversary of that tragic day.

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And while the pandemic has limited

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our ability to gather
in Arlington Cemetery

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to honor our shipmates

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as has been done every
year since that day,

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it cannot and will not prevent us

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as a nation, a Navy, and a community

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from pausing and remembering
their sacrifice and legacy.

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September 11th, 2001 was
indeed a national tragedy

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but it is so much more than that.

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On a very personal level,

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it was and is a day of irrepressible loss

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and unfathomable grief.

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For our shipmates, colleagues,

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and family members who
paid the ultimate price

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in service to our country.

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We lost 16 sailors and civilians

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from our information
warfare community that day.

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They were all on duty that morning

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and the Chief of Naval
Operations Intelligence plot

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were in other parts of
the Navy command center

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here in the Pentagon.

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Whether intelligence professionals,

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meteorologists, or communicators,

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all were faithfully executing their duties

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in defense of this great nation of ours.

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Once again, here at the Pentagon,

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as in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania and New York city,

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and indeed around this great nation,

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flags are flying to honor
those lost that day,

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just as they did in the
days immediately following.

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Today, as back then, those
flags make a clear statement

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that while we had been bloodied
and suffered painful loss,

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we were not beaten.

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Those flags also say that
we will always remember.

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This year as we have in the past,

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and will again in the future,

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we pause to remember
and salute those we lost

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and in so doing,

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provide some measure of
comfort to each other.

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I thank you for joining us in that effort.

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In closing, I would like to offer

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some words spoken by
President Abraham Lincoln

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as he honored those who also

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made the ultimate sacrifice

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to ensure the sanctity and
security of this great nation

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some 150 years ago at Gettysburg.

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"The world will little note

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"nor long remember what we say here,

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"but it can never forget what
they, our fallen, did here.

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"From these honored dead,

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"we take increased devotion to that cause

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"for which they gave the
last measure of devotion."

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Thank you.