As Delivered, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 15, 2008
"As Secretary of Defense, I am responsible for the war strategy and for signing the deployment orders to carry it out. Every day, my signature on a piece of paper sends our brave men and women in harm’s way. At the end of the day, I must be able to look them in the eye – be they in Kandahar or Ramadi or Walter Reed – and tell them, truthfully, that this wealthy and generous country has done everything possible for them."
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