A group of children were asked, 'What does Memorial Day mean?' And they said, 'It's when the swimming pools open.' |
Every black family in the United States knows someone who went off, enlisted and rose to sergeant or went to officer candidate school and had a good career, |
In many respects across this nation Memorial Day has become a time when families have a little quality time together. And I don't think those who died to defend this nation would begrudge families that quality time. But Memorial Day is for the purpose of honoring those who died in service to the nation, so a moment of silence gives us all an opportunity to remember them and what they stood (for) and what they died for, |
It's for the purpose of allowing each one of us to pause for a moment ... and think for 60 seconds about those who died for this nation's freedom. |
It's not a factor at all. It's simply not considered. It is not known |
We are looking at all of our training bases, |
We are not talking about trainee on trainee sex here in the allegations that came out of Aberdeen and elsewhere, ... We are talking about allegations that leaders did not do their jobs. That, to an Army general and to his colleague the secretary, is shocking. |
What happened at Aberdeen was an aberration, ... Sexual abuse is not endemic throughout our Army. |