...the world has never had a better military than we've seen operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They are absolutely heroes--every single one of them are heroes.  And those who like Kevin have sacrificed their limbs, and those who've lost their lives carrying out the just foreign policy of the United States of America deserve our unparalleled support and appreciation.  Those men and women represent the very best of America...

We are on a mission to do good for this world.  We are not going to stop. 

Now let me say this.  I have talked to the familes who have lost loved ones in my state of Alabama, and it's been quite a number.  I've not had one of them say pull out.  Time and time again what they tell me and what I heard [Sen.] Johnny Isakson from Georgia say the other day--it's so impressive--is he believed in what he was doing.  And what they have said to us is don't dishonor them by not being faithful and following through on the mission they gave their life to accomplish.  The group that spoke here the other day do not represent the majority of the American people; they do not represent the classical American ideals of freedom and liberty and spreading that around the world and making this wor