English subtitles for clip: File:President Trump Participates in the Celebrate Freedom Rally.webm

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(applause)

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The President:
Thank you, Bob, thank

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you very much.

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Boy.

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This is some group
-- some group.

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(applause)

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The President:
Nice to win, isn't it?

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Isn't it nice to win?

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Robert thank you very
much for that

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incredible introduction.

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And thank you to everyone
from First Baptist Dallas.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
Pastor, you and Amy have

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stood with us since the
very very beginning and I

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will always stand with
you, I've told you that

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and I mean that, I will
always be with you.

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I appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
And I'm honored to join

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you at the first ever
Fourth of July Freedom

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Rally taking place here at
the Kennedy Center, as we

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pay tribute to those who
have proudly served our

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nation in uniform.

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Thank you very much.

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(applause)

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The President:
Tonight, we have been

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inspired by music that
fills our hearts, stirs

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our souls, and reminds
us all of who we are.

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One nation, under God.

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(applause)

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The President:
To first Baptist Music

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Director, Doren Bug and to
every musician and member

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of the choir who has
performed with such

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incredible grace and
skill, and I heard them

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backstage, I said, "Let me
out there that is the

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most beautiful music."

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(applause)

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The President: Beautiful.

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I just want to say that
your music honors our

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heroes more eloquently
than words could ever do,

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and I just want
to thank you.

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That's real talent
standing behind me.

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Thank you,
folks, thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
And let me say to the

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hundreds of veterans with
us tonight, that for my

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very first Independence
Day celebration as

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President, there is no
place I'd rather

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be than with you.

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I'll tell you that.

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(applause)

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The President:
And I promise you, and you

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see it happening, day by
day, because the other day

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we signed Veterans
Accountability -- they've

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been trying to do
it for 40 years.

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The President:
For 40 years they've been

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trying -- you couldn't
fire somebody if they were

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horrible doing a terrible
job for the Veterans.

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Robbing, stealing, hurting
people -- you

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couldn't do anything.

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It's called the Veterans
Accountability Act.

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And now you can say,
"You're fired."

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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And I promise you that we
will always take care of

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our great veterans,
always, right Louie?

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You better believe it.

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And Paula's up there,
Paula White has

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been so helpful.

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You've -- thank you.

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I love you, too actually.

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The President:
You've shed your blood,

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you've poured your love,
and you've bared your soul

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in defense of our country,
our people, and our

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great American flag.

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Your loyalty to our nation
is measured, not merely in

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words, but in deeds -- you
raced through gunfire,

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stared down enemy forces,
and ran past the gates of

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hell to fight and to win
for America and you

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won for America.

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And we're going to
take care of it.

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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Thank you.

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The story of America's men
and women in uniform is

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the story of freedom, and
overcoming oppression.

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The strong protecting
the weak, and the good

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defeating evil.

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There's a lot of evil out
there, I want to tell you,

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there's a lot of evil.

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I was left a mess the fact
is, but we're cleaning it up.

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You watch --
cleaning it up.

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(applause)

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The President:
Cleaning it up.

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We are awed by your
service and your sacrifice.

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And so, to the veterans
here tonight, which there

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are many, will you
please stand right now.

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Please stand.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
On behalf of our very

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grateful nation,
thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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(applause)

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The President:
We will always, always

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remember what
you did for us.

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Tonight, we celebrate
veterans, we also reflect

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on everything we
cherish as Americans.

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We love our country, we
love our families, we love

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our freedom, and
we love our God.

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(applause)

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The President:
Since the signing of the

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Declaration of
Independence 241 years

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ago, American always
affirmed that liberty

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comes from our creator.

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Our rights are given to
us by God, and no earthly

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force can ever take
those rights away.

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(applause)

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The President:
That is why my

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administration is
transferring power out of

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Washington, and returning
that power back to

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where it belongs.

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To the people.

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(applause)

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The President:
To the people.

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(applause)

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The President:
The fake media is trying

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to silence us.

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But we will not let them.

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(applause)

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The President:
Because the people know

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the truth.

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The fake media tried to
stop us from going to the

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White House but I'm
President and they're not.

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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We won and they lost.

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The fact is the press
has destroyed themselves

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because they went too far.

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Instead of being subtle
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used the hatchet.

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And the people saw it
right from the beginning.

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(applause)

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The President:
The dishonest media will

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never keep us from
accomplishing our

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objectives on behalf of
our great American people.

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Will never happen.

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(applause)

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The President:
Their agenda is not your

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agenda -- you've
been saying it.

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I will never stop
fighting for you.

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I am delivering on trade,
on the economy, on the

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Supreme Court, on the
second amendment, on our

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military, for our veterans
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The President: -- and
on our boarders.

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Where we are doing record
-- record stoppage.

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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And we are supporting our
incredible police and

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law enforcement.

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(applause)

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The President:
We will save American

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lives, protect American
sovereignty, and we will

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ensure the forgotten men
and women of our country

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are never forgotten again.

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(applause)

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The President:
For too long politicians

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have tried -- oh have they
tried -- to centralize

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authority among the hands
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nation's capital.

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I see them all the time.

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Bureaucrats think they
can run over your lives,

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overrule your values,
meddle in your faith, and

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tell you how to live, what
to say, and where to pray.

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But we know that parents
-- not bureaucrats -- know

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best how to raise their
children, and create a

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thriving society.

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The President:
And we know that families

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and churches not
government officials know

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best how to create
a strong and loving community.

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The President:
And above all

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else we know this.

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In America we don't
worship government, we

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worship God.

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Crowd: U-S-A,
U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!

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The President: Our
religious liberty is

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enshrined in the very
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Bill of Rights.

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The American founders
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times in the Declaration
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Benjamin Franklin reminded
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Constitutional Convention
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heads in prayer.

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I remind you that we're
going to start saying

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"Merry Christmas" again.

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The President:
Yeah, it's true.

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Inscribed on our currency
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The President: But not only

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has God bestowed on us the
gift of freedom, he's also

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given us the gift of
heroes willing to give

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their lives to defend that
freedom -- you just stood.

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The President:
In every struggle against

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evil, throughout our
history, as American

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service members have
huddled around campfires

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and sought refuge in
foxholes, they've called

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on their creator
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In World War II when
General George Patton --

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that was a real general
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today, too.

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(applause)

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The President: I found them.

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Mad Dog Mattis, right?

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The President:
And he doesn't like doing

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a lot of talking but I
want to tell you, ISIS,

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it's a whole different
ballgame, folks.

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The President:
They're going fast.

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But when Patton ran into a
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solve, he knew what to do.

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He prayed.

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Frustrated by the rains
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advance of his Third Army
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December 1944, horrible
weather, Patton asked an

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Army Chaplain to come up
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for the weather.

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Patton then had a quarter
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that prayer printed
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soldiers of the Third
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Battle of the Bulge,
that was a big one.

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Did very well there.

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50,000 American soldiers
fought in that pivotal

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battle of the
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One of those soldiers, is
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name is Harry F. Miller.

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Where's Harry?

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The President:
Where's Harry?

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The President:
Harry, stand up, Harry.

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The President:
Thank you, Harry.

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(applause)

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The President:
Like many of the heroes of

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his generation,
Harry wasn't exactly

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straightforward
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When he enlisted in the
Army Reserves -- shame on

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you, Harry.

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(laughter)

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The President:
He was just 15, but he

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told them he was
old enough to join.

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Then he immediately asked
for a transfer to active duty.

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Six months after he
enlisted, Private Miller,

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was on his way to Europe
to fight for our country.

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(applause)

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The President:
A couple of months after

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that he was in the
freezing cold, how cold

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was it Harry?

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Cold.

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He said really cold.

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(laughter)

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The President: And driving
rains of Belgium with a

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740th Tank Battalion
attached to the 82nd Airborne.

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As the Battle of the Bulge
began, Harry got his orders.

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To go find tanks at a
weapons storage facility.

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When he arrived he says
he and his friends found

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nothing but tanks, they
were all over the place, right?

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Nothing but tanks, but
they didn't let the

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tanks stop them.

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Out of what spare parts
they could find, and

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through sheer grit and
resolve, they somehow

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managed to repair three of
those tanks and get them

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all set for action
and ready to fight.

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And before long those
three tanks were nose to

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nose with the lead
elements of a German

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SS-Panzer division.

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And that was tough stuff.

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In a short time, those
tanks had knocked out the

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first three tanks of the
enemy and the entire

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German division
retreated -- they left.

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(applause)

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The President:
That's good, Harry.

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That's good Harry.

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Crowd: Harry!

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Harry!

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Harry!

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Harry!

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Harry!

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(applause)

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The President: Stand up!

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(applause)

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The President:
Harry fought through the

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battle and the rest of the
war, and he went to serve

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our Armed Forces for 22
years, retiring as a

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Senior Master Sergeant
-- a lot of guts.

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Tomorrow Harry will
be 89, tomorrow.

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89.

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(applause)

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The President:
So on behalf of this very

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large group in this very
beautiful building, Senior

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Master Sergeant Miller,
happy birthday, thank you

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for your lifetime of
service, and thank you for

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helping out.

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Thank you very
much, Harry.

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(applause)

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The President:
To every veteran with us

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tonight, from every branch
of the military -- Army,

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Navy, Marines, Air Force,
and Coast Guard, I want

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you to know that we will
always keep our promises

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to those who have
kept us free.

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Since my very first day in
office, we've taken one

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action after another
to make sure that our

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veterans get the care
they so richly deserve.

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We've published wait times
-- those wait times were

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bad, weren't they?

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But boy are they getting
better, and fast.

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And we've published them
at every VA facility.

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Delivered same-day mental
health services at every

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VA medical center, nearly
doubled --

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(applause)

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The President: -- the number
of veterans given

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approvals to see the
doctor of their choice.

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(applause)

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The President:
And as I said, just

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signed, brand new
legislation went through

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the House, went through
the Senate, and I signed

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it so fast --

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(laughter)

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The President: -- we didn't want to take any chances,

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right Harry?

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To ensure every VA worker
is held accountable for

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the quality of care they
provide to our veterans.

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(applause)

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The President:
Tonight we are deeply

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honored to be joined by a
number of wounded warriors

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from Walter Reed.

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I was over there recently,
these are incredible people.

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The enthusiasm and the
spirit -- and some of them

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were hurt really badly --
they've got so much spirit

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and they love this
country so much.

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These American heroes
risked everything so that

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you and I could
live in freedom.

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They gave all they
had -- everything.

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For their comrades, their
country, and for victory,

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they like winning.

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We like winning
again, don't we?

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(applause)

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The President:
You know in the old days

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we used to win.

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We sort of just keep
fighting and fighting and

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fighting, we're going
to win again, folks.

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We applaud their strength,
their courage, and we

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really support that
incredible win that they have.

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The will -- the will is so
strong, and that's what

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they want to do, is they
want to win, and they want

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to win for you, so thank
you all very much for

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being here,
that was great.

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(applause)

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The President:
One such hero is Captain

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Louise Avilla,
where he is?

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(applause)

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The President: Louise.

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Louise.

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Oh, we love you, Louise.

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Louise, wow.

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(applause)

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The President:
Louise is here tonight

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along with his
wife, Claudia.

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Thank you, Claudia.

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Thank you,
darling, thank you.

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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Louise served in the Army
for 16 years, he held many

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different positions on
five combat tours, and he

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was always a leader and
everybody always said -- I

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did some checking on you
Louise -- that you did a

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great job no matter where
you were, no

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matter where you went.

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On his fifth deployment,
Louise bravely led his

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company on a successful
mission to recover

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vital intelligence.

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During this critical
mission, his vehicle was

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struck by explosives.

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Louise was gravely
wounded and lost his leg.

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He received a Purple
Heart for his

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service and sacrifice.

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To Louise and Claudia,
we will never forget the

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courageous sacrifice that
you made for all of us in

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this room tonight, and for
everyone in our country.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Louise.

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(applause)

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The President:
I want you all -- and all

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of our incredible wounded
warriors to know -- you

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have an entire nation of
more than 300 million

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people behind you.

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And our nation's getting
strong again, did you notice?

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It's getting strong again.

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(applause)

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The President:
Our hearts and our prayers

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are joined with yours,
your legacy -- like our

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gratitude -- will live
forever and I want to

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thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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And Claudia, thank
you very much.

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Thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
I also want to speak to

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all of the people -- see
you thought I forgot.

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In our faith community who
are here with us tonight.

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Veterans and
non-veterans alike.

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(applause)

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The President:
You're never going to be

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forgotten -- you'll
never be forgotten.

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My administration will
always support and defend

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your religious liberty.

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(applause)

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The President:
We don't want to see God

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forced out of the public
square, driven out of our

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schools, or pushed out of
our civic life, we want to

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see prayers before
football games if they

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want to give prayers --

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(applause)

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The President: Right?

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(applause)

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The President:
We want all children to

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have the opportunity to
know the blessings of God.

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We will not allow the
government to censor

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sermons, to restrict the
free speech of our pastors

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and our preachers and
the people that

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we most respect.

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(applause)

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The President: Like Robert.

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(applause)

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The President:
That is why, just as I

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promised, Pastor Jeffers
and other faith leaders, I

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just signed an executive
order following -- and

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this is something that
makes very happy and very

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proud -- following through
on my campaign pledge, to

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stop the John son
Amendment from interfering

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with your first
Amendment rights.

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(applause)

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The President:
As long as I am President,

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no one is going to stop
you from practicing your

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faith, or from preaching
what is in your heart.

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We want to hear him.

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(applause)

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The President:
One of the most grave and

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dire threats to religious
freedom in the world today

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is the threat
of terrorism.

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And specifically, it just
seems it's called radical

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Islamic terrorism.

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(applause)

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The President:
And we cannot allow this

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terrorism and extremism to
spread in our country or

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to find sanctuary on our
shores, or in our cities.

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(applause)

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The President:
We want to make sure that

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anyone who seeks to join
our country shares our

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values and has the
capacity to love our people.

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(applause)

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The President: Thank you.

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(applause)

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The President:
Together, we will protect

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our families, our nations,
and our borders, and yes,

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by the way for those that
are curious, we will build

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the wall, okay?

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(laughter)

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(applause)

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The President: Because we

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understand that a country
is more than

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just its geography.

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A nation is the sum of its
citizens, their hopes,

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their dreams,
their aspirations.

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America's a land rich with
history, traditions, and

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values, and as we have
seen tonight -- what a

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group this tonight --
America is also a land

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rich with heroes.

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(applause)

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The President:
And though we have many

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stories, we all share one
home, and one glorious destiny.

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A destiny that's getting
better and better

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every single day.

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(applause)

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The President:
And whether we are black,

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or brown, or white -- and
you've heard me say this

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before -- we all bleed
the same red blood.

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(applause)

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The President:
We all salute the same

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great American flag.

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(applause)

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The President:
And we are all made by the

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same almighty God.

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(applause)

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The President:
We face many challenges,

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there are many hills
and mountains to climb.

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But with the strength and
courage of the patriots

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assembled in this room
tonight, we will scare --

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and you see it -- you see
it all the time, and we're

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doing it all the time --
because we're scaling

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those summits.

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And we will get
the job done.

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(applause)

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The President:
We will all prove worthy

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of this very important
moment in history, and we

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will prove worthy of the
sacrifice that our brave

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veterans have made.

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As long as we have pride
in our beliefs, courage in

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our convictions, and faith
in our God, we will not fail.

521
00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:09,457
(applause)

522
00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:14,470
The President:
As long as our country

523
00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:22,836
remains true to its
values, loyal to its

524
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:28,880
heroes, and devoted to its
creator, then our best

525
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,920
days are yet to come.

526
00:32:30,915 --> 00:32:35,355
Because we will make
America great again.

527
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:37,093
(applause)

528
00:32:37,088 --> 00:32:43,898
The President: Thank you.

529
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:47,295
Thank you.

530
00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:48,998
(applause)

531
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:54,270
The President:
To my friend, Pastor

532
00:32:54,272 --> 00:33:01,042
Jeffers, and to Paula, and
to Louie, and to Harry,

533
00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:05,215
and to Louise, and
everybody in this room and

534
00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:10,086
everybody in this country,
thank you for your great

535
00:33:10,088 --> 00:33:12,658
support, I appreciate it.

536
00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:15,757
I will not let you down.

537
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,200
To all of our incredible
veterans, to the people in

538
00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:23,537
the military, and to
Evangelical Christians,

539
00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:27,204
who came out in record,
record, record numbers,

540
00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:31,545
thank you have a wonderful
Independence Day, God

541
00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:36,082
bless you, God bless our
nation's veterans, God

542
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,550
bless the United
States of America.

543
00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:40,520
Thank you very much.

544
00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:44,658
Thank you.

545
00:33:44,655 --> 00:33:48,825
Thank you.

546
00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:50,896
(applause)

547
00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:52,965
(music)