Thanks to you, I enjoy the freedom to disagree with my government. Thanks to you, I enjoy the personal freedom found nowhere else in the world. Thanks to you, I can hold my head up proudly or bow it in humility. Thanks to you, I can worship freely, no matter my religious leanings or stand without a professed faith without persecution.

To all those, past and present, thank you! To the Men and women who provide services and support and solace for our men in uniform, thank you. To the families of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, my most humble condolences and the knowledge that I honor them.

Thank you one and all.