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Pelosi, Nancy - U.S. Representative, [D] California
AS WE PREPARE TO STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE CALLERS, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FORMER COLLEAGUE, CONGRESSMAN -- CONGRESS WOMAN, WHO BEGAN...
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Black, Barry C. - Chaplain
PILOTS. THEIR HISTORY IS ONE OF SERVICE, PATRIOTISM, AND HEROISM. LORD, LIKE THEIR MALE AIRFORCE COUNTERPARTS, THEY WERE A FORMIDABLE FORCE OF OVER 1000...
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Davis, Susan - U.S. Representative, [D] California
STEPPED VOL FORWARD. YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR OFTEN- DANGEROUS MISSIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, 38 OF YOUR FELLOW W.A.S.P. IS LOST THEIR LIVES ON THOSE MISSIONS, AND...
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Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON THIS OCCASION. THE WFP -- THE W.A.S.P.'S SERVE OUR COUNTRY WITH NO EXPECTATION FOR RECOGNITION OR PRAISE. YET, AS BENJAMIN...
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Hutchison, Kay Bailey - U.S. Senator, [R] Texas
PILOTS -- THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. AMERICA'S FIRST WOMEN TO FLY MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- THEY BLAZE A TRAIL IN...
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Mikulski, Barbara A. - U.S. Senator, [D] Maryland
PILOTS, TREASURER AROUND THIS COUNTRY, AND KNOWN AS THE LOSS WAS -- W.A.S.P.'S. WE KNOW THAT YOUR PERSONAL SERVICE WAS UNREWARDED. WE KNOW YOU WERE...
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Malachowski, Nicole - Lieutenant Colonel
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. TODAY IS THE DAY WERE THE WASTS -- W.A.S.P.'S WILL MAKE HISTORY ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP...
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Brokaw, Tom - Special Correspondent
PHOTO DOGS. LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE THE COLONEL, WHO IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THESE REMARKABLE WOMEN YOU SEE HERE TODAY. SHE REPORTED FOR DUTY TODAY, EVEN...
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Coonrod, Regina - Master Sergeant
DOWN WE DIVE OFF WITH ONE HELL OF A ROAR WE WILL GO DOWN IN FLAME NOTHING CAN STOP THE U.S. AIR FORCE (music) [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, SECRETARY...
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Donley, Michael B. - Secretary
FROM THAT TIME ONWARD, WOMEN WOULD FOREVER BE PART OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AVIATION. IT IS PERHAPS REGRETTABLE THAT IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TO FULLY...
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Boehner, John A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Ohio
WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS, THE WASPS. WE ARE HUMBLED TO SERVE THEM WITH THAT NATION'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. IT IS TYPICAL OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD...
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McConnell, Mitch Jr. - U.S. Senator, [R] Kentucky
AMERICA'S DECISIVE ROLE IN ENDING THAT TRAGEDY WILL ALWAYS BE A DEFINING PART OF OUR HISTORY. IT BECAUSE IT REAFFIRMS THE BASIC TENET OF THE AMERICAN...
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Reid, Harry - U.S. Senator, [D] Nevada
TODAY, WE HONOR THESE GREAT WOMEN, NOT JUST FOR THE MILES THEY FLEW BUT FOR THE MANY THEY INSPIRED. MORE THAN 600 FEMALE PILOTS PATROLLED THE SKIES TODAY...
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Pelosi, Nancy - U.S. Representative, [D] California
MCCONNELLBOEHNER, -- LEADER BOEHNER, TOM BROKAW, THE GREATEST CHRONICLER OF THE GREATEST GENERATION TO BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE TODAY....
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Parrish, Deanie - Member
I AM HUMBLED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REPRESENT THE W.A.S.P.'S TODAY. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE LADIES DESERVES TO BE STANDING WHERE I AM STANDING. [APPLAUSE]...
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Coughlin, Daniel P. - Chaplain
PIONEERING WOMEN OF FULL MILITARY SERVICE. THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS. JUST AS THE WINGS OF A PLANE TAKE TO FLIGHT, MADE THEIR SPIRITS BE LIFTED...
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