to save Louisiana citizens. |
We can handle the overseas war-fight commitment and still defend our homeland and support the Department of Homeland Security simultaneously. |
We cannot continue to accept risk by under-equipping the National Guard. Some critics will say we cannot afford it. The Guard's answer will be, we cannot afford not to do this. |
We should start seeing hurricanes as early as June. They don't always wait until the fall. So, we have to be ready. |
We were going to fight an enemy that was a symmetric threat, and they looked a lot like us -- the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. |
What I'm watching in the last two years is absolutely unprecedented, unexpected and absolutely remarkable. |
What we're most proud of is are the young men and women that are sitting at these tables ... that are proof positive that this program is the most effective program in the nation when it comes to saving the next greatest generation. We will stay behind you all the way. You have a life partner for anything you want to do for the rest of your life with the National Guard. |
What you're watching here is field training to a standard. The scenario is ... in the District of Columbia and we've cobbled together a task force from five different states to come in. |
Will we make 350,000? The answer is: Absolutely. |
You don't have to be in Afghanistan or Iraq a long time to understand the challenges of the missions. The National Guard brings the face of all America to the theater. |