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AND HONORED TODAY TO INTRODUCE TWO OF AMERICA'S MILITARY IS GREAT IS INDIVIDUAL. HE IS A FORMER STAFF SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE FIRST LIVING...
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START OF THIS IN 2006. JERRY CERTIFICATION AT HOTELS AND CONFERENCE CENTERS IN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. WHILE SERVING AS GENERAL MANAGER AS A RESORT...
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| 00:03:46 |
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WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. IS THIS MICROPHONE ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW THAT? JULY 12, 1962, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED A JOINT RESOLUTION THAT CREATED...
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| 00:07:20 |
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A SPECIAL LADY FIRST OF ALL. I WAS COMING TO HER EARLY TODAY APPEARED LAST TIME WE SAW HER HUSBAND WE WERE AT A BAR IN GEORGIA. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS...
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| 00:09:15 |
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YOU LIKE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS? >> I DID NOT SERVE
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| 00:09:23 |
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WITH ANY LADIES IN THE MILITARY REALLY. IT IS ONE TEAM, ONE FIGHT. TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY AND TO STAND UP FOR THIS COUNTRY, WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF IT....
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| 00:09:59 |
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YOU GROW UP ON ABREW UP IN GEORGIA. THE GRADUATE A YEAR BEFORE I WAS BORN. THERE IS A GREAT QUOTE IN YOUR BOOK. YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND DO...
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| 00:10:28 |
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TO NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE MILITARY SCHOOL. THEY HAD ME LOCKED UP FOR A YEAR TRYING TO GET MY GRADES TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. MY DAD ALLOW ME TO TRANSFER...
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| 00:11:30 |
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TO JOIN THE MARINE CORPS? WHAT LESSONS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP DURING YORK TRAD -- DURING YOUR TRAINING? >> AFTER
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| 00:11:44 |
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I ATTENDED NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE, BACK IN THOSE DAYS YOU HAD TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF ROTC. I WENT TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND I HAD ONE YEAR OF R.O.T.C. REMAINING....
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| 00:14:01 |
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A BIT DIFFERENT. I READ EAGER UP IN IOWA. HE WORKED AT A SUBWAY
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SANDWICH SHOP. >> I DID. I WAS A STAND WHICH ARTISTS. -- SAN WNDWICH ARTISTS. >> YOU
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| 00:14:31 |
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SERVED UNDER JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES ARMY? >> I WAS A SENIOR IN
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| 00:14:42 |
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HIGH SCHOOL. I GRADUATE IN IN 2003. I DID NOT REALLY FEEL LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL ANYMORE. I DID NOT WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WANTED...
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| 00:17:05 |
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WITH THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY PRESIDENT NIXON IN MAY 1974 YOUR HEROIC ACTIONS. IN LOOKING BACK, HOW DID THE TRAINING YOU RECEIVE HELP YOU HAVE THE COURAGE...
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| 00:17:30 |
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MOMENT WAS WITNESSING THE YOUNG AMERICANS THAT I WAS CERTAIN WITH. AND UNDERSTANDING THE INTENSITY. THE HEAD INTO COMPANIES UP UNTIL THAT POINT. THEY...
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| 00:20:22 |
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OFTEN SAID HE WOULD RATHER WEAR THE MEDAL OF HONOR THEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. WHAT...
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| 00:20:38 |
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QUESTION. I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT SO MUCH. THAT HE WAS PROUD OF ME AND THAT THE COUNTRY WAS PROUD OF ME. ONE THING FOR ME THAT THAT IT, IT IS NOT FOR...
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| 00:21:43 |
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VERY IMPORTANT ELECTION COMING UP IN A FEW DAYS. IF YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I LIKE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS...
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| 00:22:15 |
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ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AN EXERCISE THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS BECAUSE YOUNG AMERICANS WERE WILLING...
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| 00:23:49 |
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27 YEARS OLD. THIS'LL BE MY FIRST TIME VOTING. I SAY THAT BECAUSE LOTS IN THE MILITARY HAS SPENT ALL MY TIMES OVERSEAS. I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO VOTE...
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| 00:24:41 |
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THOSE INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO DECIDE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY, HOW DOES THAT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR CIVILIAN LIFE AND WORK IN...
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| 00:24:57 |
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BIGGEST, AND I CAN SAY IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, I THINK THE THING THAT REALLY DEFINES THE MILITARY AND HOW IT TRANSLATES TO THE CIVILIAN SECTOR IS...
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| 00:26:18 |
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THE MILITARY HAS GIVEN ALMOST ALL MY EXPERIENCES. TOO OFTEN IN THE CIVILIAN WORLD YOU HAVE A BOSS. IN THE MILITARY THEY HAVE A LEADER. THEY'RE LIKE TO...
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| 00:27:51 |
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ARE APPROACHING THIS ELECTION, I LIKE BOTH OF YOU TO THINK BACK IN HISTORY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1776. FOOD OR SOME OF YOUR FAVOR PRESIDENT'SS YOU ADMIRED...
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| 00:28:16 |
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LIVINGSTON KNOWS MORE PRESIDENT. I ONLY HAVE A FEW I CAN ACTUALLY DRAW ON. >> WAY TO BE
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POLITICALLY CORRECT THERE, A FELLOWFELLA. >> I WENT TO JOHN
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| 00:28:31 |
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F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL. IT SEEMED TO ME HE WAS AN AMAZING PRESIDENT. ONE THAT HAS ALWAYS STUCK OUT TO ME FDR AND THE NEW DEAL AND HOW HE INSPIRED A COUNTRY...
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| 00:29:19 |
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INSPIRING PRESIDENTS. I DO A LOT OF READING ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON. THAT HAD NOT BEEN FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON WE WILL NOT OF A COUNTRY. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN...
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| 00:31:00 |
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QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE THAT DAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE MASSIVE ATTENTION THAT HAS BEFALLEN ON YOUR >> THE ATTENTION IT
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| 00:31:21 |
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IS GOOD, I THINK, BECAUSE IT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT ME, IT IS ABOUT THE MILITARY AND ACTIONS THAT HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY. I TRIED TO STRESS HOW GENERIC...
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| 00:33:00 |
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I WAS WITH YOU THIS MORNING YOU RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR AT THE SHERATON HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I MET YOUR WIFE ALSO IN THE ELEVATOR AND HAD A GOOD...
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| 00:34:36 |
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HELLO, SIR. GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] >> I THINK I
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| 00:34:58 |
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AM GETTING NOTED ABOUT ASKING ABOUT BOOKS BUT I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER-LIBRARIAN, AND WE ARE ALL FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE HERE IN THIS CONVENTION AND IT IS...
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| 00:35:35 |
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I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VIETNAM VETERANS WHO ARE HERE. LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, LADIES, FOR YOUR SERVICE...
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| 00:36:02 |
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YOU, EVERYONE, FOR JOINING US TODAY AND SPECIAL THANKS TO GENERAL LIVINGSTON AND --MR. GUINTA. >>
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.