injuries have combined with neuropathy, ayb loss of feelingn one of his feet to make the risk of a more a lot more likely. marc has already times. every fall, every fall heightens the risk of a broken hip or other severe injury that marc would struggle to recover from in prison. the 33 months have taken a toll on marcgel's mental and emotional health. ere many other younger individuals in russian penal colonies can have great hope for decades of life after their full sentences, marc fogel will be almost 75 years old by the end of his current 14-year prison sentence.opeful that russia, seeing the time that marc has already served an

declining health, will release marc from prison on humanitarian grounds so he can return to his family in pennsylvania. marc's support from his family has given him strength over the last few years, but the phone r humane is unpredictable and goes down for weeks at a time. my thoughts and prayers -- and i know that's true of so many others who have advocated on ■j and prayers remain with nac marc and his family but we must also act, act, to bring him home. that's why i introduced a resolution with my colleague, senator daines, calling for marc's release and urging the biden administration to io marc's case in all -- all -- of its interactionsit i'm proud that the resolution passed the s night. i'm proud because this

resolution shows the world but more importantly marc and cycle may have forgotten marc, the united states government has not. this resolution's passage is also evidence that bringing marc home is and will continue to be prioritized at the highest levels o our government. that the united states government is continuin explore all possible avenues to bring marc home. i want marc and his family to know that we're working to bring him home, that we will continue our efforts until marc fogel is back having dinner with his family at his mother's home in butler, pennsylvania, just north of where marc lives. i would also ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business in a separate part of the record on a separate topic. the presiding officer: without objection.

mr. casey: madam president, i wanted to manufacture to another -- i wanted to move to another subject. the subject is one that i think so many americans are concerned about. it's anti-semitism. across col in primary and secondary schools, butf course boundaries of any school, it's anroblem across our society and even across the world. combating anti-semitism has been a top priority of mine for my entire time in the senate, and i've consistently taken strong actions to address this hate, including working to pass the anti-semitism awareness act since 2016. back towards the end of the calendar year 2022, i came to the senate floor to talk about anti-semitism mostly through the lens of the horror of october of

2018 when a gunman killed 11 pittsburghers and injured several others including police officers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. that -- that horrific moment in the his the history of the american people, reminded all of us of how pernicious and how widespread anti-semitism is. at that time i was cataloging the numbers, the exponential rise in anto that point in time, the end of the cand 2022, and how anti-semitism had grown so substantially in that time frame. however, as we all know, since october 23 -- or october 7, i should say, of 2023, since hamas terrorists attacked the people of israel and killed over 1,200

jews in israel, those numbers which are high and exponential, went even higher, an explosion across the country of anti-semitism. the antidefamation league has tracked the highest numbers of anti-semitic incidents ever shall ever, in the united states in 2023. and those numbers have undoubtedly continued to rise protests. there were over 8,800 instances including 2,177 cases of and 16. we cannot -- no one in this country -- none of us can tolerate any form of anti-semitism, any form of discrimination. abroad or at home, on college campuses in the workplace, on the playground, in any setting in american life. that's why we must pass the anti-semitismwareness act, a

bill that my colleague, senator tim scott, and i have worked on for almost eight years. our bill would mandate that the department of education considers a widely accepted definition of anti-semitism in carrying out its enforcement actions a, strengthening civil rights enforcement against anti-semitism. just like that same office, the office of civil rights in the department of education, is charged with investiti incidents of racial discrimination or discrimination of any kind on a college campus that rises to the level of a hostile environment on that campus. the house has already passed its version of thei-semitism awareness act. they passed that recen find a p the senate to passhis bill. this bill is cosponsored by 15 democrats and 15 republicans,

all across the length and breadth of the country. there are objections to our legislation from individual senators on both sides of the aisle, which so far has■w block unanimous consent. but we are confident the a vote.tion would pass if given an additiona point on this matter is relevant. i mentioned the department of education's office of civil rights. that is the office that is charged with conducting these investigations of anti-semitism, but as i said also charged with the obligation to conduct investigations of racism on a campus or other forms of discrimination. i have a separate bill that would add substantial funding, absolutely essential funding, to the offings of civil rights -- to the office of civil rights in

the department of education. that offices has to hire more people to conduct these investigations, to initiate an investigation, to expeditiously gather evidence, complete the very, and make that fundamental determination whether there is a hostile environment on a college campus for jewish students, just like it would make a determination with regard to a hostile environment for black students in the case of allegations of racial animus on a campus. make that determination of hostile environment or not, making that decision. once that make that decision, of course, the college or university would be subjected to penalties.can ha happen, that those investigations can be commenced and be completed, is to have the resources, the personnel. the office of civil rights needs to hire hundreds more people to

do this, and i think it's a worthy investment. so i urge senators in both parties, both sides of the aisle, to work with us to pass that legislation. i think most of us come to this from a very basic part of our dna. we know that this kind of discrimination, whether it's anti-semitism or racism or other forms of discrimination, is a scourge on the country. it's a scourge, andhink it's an insult to our country, as a country of free people. we have to figure out a way to combat anti-semitism, and we can do that by passing the anti-semitism awareness act but also to take other actions which will stamp out this kind of discrimination in our society,

throughout our country, and throughout the world. madam presiden i would yield the floor. and i note the absence of a quorum. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. ficer: t senator from vermont. mr. welch: i mao for the

quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. welch: madam president, last friday president biden announced the amounts of a proposed plan e in gaza. if accepted by both israe and hamas, the plan would prevent many more months of death and destruction. it would save countless lives, free the, and offer a way forward to lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. in order for the plan to to use the leverage that only he has that leverage with israel, with egypt, qatar, jordan, and others. i believe it will also require policy. after eight months of relentless bombing and shelling, the united stat should stop -- should stop supporting a that has not only caused massive

death and has failed to achieve either of prime ministerahu's key objectives -- total victory over hamas and release of the remaining hostages. instead, eight months into this war, gaza is in ruins. tens of thousands of palestinians have been killed, and many more have been injured, including thousands of women and children. some 100 hostages remain trapped underground. they are subjected to daily abuse by their captors while bombs explode above them with no idea if they will live to see the light of day. and on may 26, israeli defense forces, using munitions provided by the united states, attacke d in rafah where the israeli military had relocate to avoid bombing in the north.

the attack incinerated 45 people and injured many more. mr. netanyahu called it a tragic mistake. in reality, it was the gruesome result of an d scorched-earth campaign that has gone on for far too long. for years mr. netanyahu used hamas as an asset in his very cynical strategy to ensure the palestinian authority could not become an effectiveov partner f peace. he steadily expanded israeli settlements, roads, and other infrastructure in the west bank to create conditions on the ground to undermine the viability of a palestinian state. his hatred and violence among israelis and palestinians. yet throughout those years, the

united states has srted his government unconditionally. the israeli and palestinian people are now paying the price today over a palestinians in gaza are suffering from acute hunger. children are starving. the wounded are dying from lack of medical care. children with life-threatening injuries cannot leave gaza to obtain the surgery that they need in other countries. hundreds of trucks carrying food, medicines, and other aid have been sta in egypt, in the see pier -- in the sea pier construcd of defense using hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars is in pieces. despite intensifying criticism around the world, mr. netanyahu has responded to his many critics, including israeli citizens, with reckless defiance.

madam president, the time will come when the warn announced a n to achieve through diplomacy what military force has failed to achieve. gaza will be uninhabitable. two million palestinians will be dependent on international aid for years to come. rather than bringing security and peace to the middle east, i fear that the legacies of this war could be the opposite. more hatred. and regardless of what is left of hamas, more acts of violence against israelis and americans. last week secretary blinken said israel must decide if its military actions are worth the cost in civilian lives. i agree. but the united states -- not just israel -- must answer this question, too.

is contro u of our planes, our tanks, our bombs, our ammunition worth the cost of civilian lives? is it worth the risk of creating a new generation of terrorists, victims of bombing and shelling who saw their parents, and friends die, their homes destroyed? is it are worth the lives of the hostages? madam president, i believe the answer is no. the united states must stop providing offensive weapons a munitions to a polarizing foreign leader who treats billions of dollars in military aid from american taxpayers as an entitlement while he ignores the appeals of american officials to stop bombing, shooting, and denying aid to

palestinian civilians. the united states should stop providingff munitions to a foreign leader who promotes policies that are against u.s. national interests and by doing so sets back progress for middle east peace and you!0 puts american lives a risk. the united states should stop supporting a war strategic that -- strategy our worst mistakes in afghanistan and iraq. the united states also should defend the geneva conve■-ns and the international tribunals, including the international criminal court. some here have denounced the chief prosecutor for bringing charges against prime mis is no israel and hamas, to be sure, but there are credible allegations of violations of the

laws of war in gaza, attacking the court playsinto the hands of -- plays into the hands of war criminals like vladimir putin, it weakens our own credibility and the court's legitimacy. it undermines the universal principle that no one, no government is above the law. a cardinal principle that the united states should strongly defend. madam president, the perpetrators of the october 7 massacre must be brought to justice. suchorrendous crimes must not go unpunished. but destroying rafah is not going to finish off hamas. it is not going to save the m t president biden has outlined a israel and hamas will .

ultimately decide when this war ends, we, the united states, we can decide when it ends for us. secretary blinken asked the right question which should have been asked months ago, the right answer is no. israel's bombardment of gaza is not worth the cost in civilian lives and we should stopsupport madam president, i yield.

mr. booker: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. boer: i stand here as a senator from new jersey, but i think i'm going to be representing all 100 senators

when i mark this distinctive moment when will soon into recess and we will end a week in the senate that is not a typical week. it is a week that happens once or twice every year where we say good-bye to a class of pages. and the truth of the matter is, it is a time that is emotional. graduations, even though the pages are spending not even half a year here, the bonds you experience here, the friendships that you make, the fact that you are participating in anything so larger than any one american is significant. you will have many graduations, from high school, college, some from grad school, from medical school, none of you from clown college, i think, because you lack senses of humor, but the reality i t meaningful

departure, meaningful graduation. every year i try to come down to the floor and express my ire at the class. this one particularly has raised dad ander, and it is hard to do -- and it is hard to did -- to do because i'm bald. because of the people who work in this institution, not the senators, the parliamentariy staff told me that there were poetry competitions, and i said because in class, more than any other probably, lacked the ability to have jokes, we thought we would have a poetry competition. i was handed about three weeks ago this very looking envelope that says from the president of the united states, which it's actually from pages envelope with poetry in it. now, forgive the ill l -- there

was an smattering of page participation. y disappointing . i had a chance to review the ten or so poems, and given the wisd my years in one poetry class in grade school. i have dined who the winners are. i have the bronze medal, the silver medal and the gold medal shinning winner. and what do you win? nothing. i actually you win the distinction before your peers of having your poem read and entered into the congressional record forever, for ear ternty. first -- for eternity.

i will do the third place poem. these were all extraordinary entrants. yada, yada, yada, the first one here we go. division, scrolling through your phone, you do not see the friendship between senators booker and britt. sidebar. the only reason this got into third place because it actually named my name. you do get awards in this place for being sycophantic, you do not see the friendships between booker and britt, not if you are at home, but only if you sit where we sit. seen as division but united one while ideas do bring

collision, we still stand under the same sun. watch them argue united the news, see them as friends on the floor even win or lose, the debates do not mean war. the only way to realize is if you see it with your own eyes. that was actually really good. bronze medal. yes, with we can have applause in the chamber, which technically are not allowed. i didn't see anything. raise your hand if you -- if that's yours. it tremendous. all right. names will officially be read into the record later. but i'm going to go to number two. o capitol, c -- capitol, here t capitol lies standing in our

city, busts and paintings, they loom, and stares troding by the masses with the halls that have seen history bloom so quickly it always passes. ideas come in and out always deadline due, change somering about but from what i know is true, the path we choose to follow will=. lead us to tomorr. raise your hand if that was oh, my gosh. oh, why did you raise your hand then? it was a collaboration. that is -- i don't know if that's fair. not only is■ this page class no funny, but they chief no, no, no, collaboration is important. it's important.

all right. this is the winning poem. the gleull of media, at least■ one person. to the tens of people watching on c-span at home, no title for this one. it doesn't need it. it's the winning my country tis of my parents eyes cleaned with a white, and blu stretched from sea to sea, they were told, work hard, but don't run out of steam. late dinners to unpredictable shifts, staying with my grandma felt away. it was almost too good to notice e it. little did i know it was like this every single day. years later, i'm in a world

stuffed with suits, speeches, and words that inspire. they call me a patriot, a daughter of immigrants that walks through the corridor, oh, how my future came to tr and uncertainty trails behind in an uproar. i trace the center of my■k palm before i lift my hand to my chest. good morning, america. another day■4it your glorious unrest. raise that so, pages, my final farewell, i want you to know that it has been a privilege to serve with each and every one of

you. it separates you on the sides of the trooul you all -- truly you all were uni serve th institution. it's been an honor to serve with each and every one of you. it's been brief, but i tell you, you guys have been gifts to us. i ask for more though and you failed me. i'm really shocked that you could not step up, that you are the bottom of all the page classes in my 11 years in humor, but you are going to be remembereded by me at the tops of commitment andl÷and so in ho this new tradition, which i didn't know about, i want to shock you all, i'm not sure if this has ever been done on the senate floor, because of this class of pages andr participation, i, the junior

senator from new jersey have written you a poem. fasten your seatbelts. let m poetic pages how it's done. but i need -- i need somebody to help me out here. ohm, i saw your hand go up first. you should take this spot. madam president, without objection, i would like a page to stand next to me during my poetic verses. thank you very much. stand close to me ohm. when i signal to you, do what i signal. there one moment in this whole thing. don't m■% up. all right. this may be the first, most embarrassing poem a united states senator has written and

recited on the senate floor. this is history, people. here we go. p pages, young lives, future sages, you haven all-access pass to the senate's backstages. ■look at you hanging out on the senate floor. you do more than just bring us water or open our doors. you bring life to this august body. you bring the average age down in this place from 90. you remind us of our viral ■3pa, a testimony to the fact that youth and hair gsst. you were told to stay days perh wanted to scream because you went without sleep and thus were denied your chance to your own

sweet american dream. and yet you witnessed the sausage making of american t truth. debates, partisanship, and perhaps, believe it or not, one or two senators acting a little uncouth. foreign leader visits andnion s have to get up the next morning and pay attention to whatever your teachers teaches. guide your pages out from your comfortable home cages. you jumped into this experience despite all better wisdom and a host of warnings, you signed up for really late nights and som . what were you thinking? you're clearly too young to have been drinking. and yet with a full-time job and a relentless academic course

load, you came, you saw, you conquered with a pace that never slowed. you may think what you do perhaps didn't make a difference at all, but that is ridiculous because at this end of the historic washington mall, pages sit humbly in the well of the senate, but their conibutions stand tall. every i walk through those doors to your smiles and kind spirit in this chamber so round. good days or bad days, you still gave me a solid pound or a smile or an earnest nod of your head. you should know you suddenly si

what for this country is truly ahead. yes, a divided floor, republican and democrat, left and right, but you all unify us because in you we see that america's futur. and you scramble to us after every speech. please, may i have a copy you beseech. but in the very gesture of us handing you own words, something more than symbolic oc occurs. we handadition, we hand history, we hand off to the courier that is you. we both stand on the stage of history but briefly some day soon it will be over for here in the senate, we all are just passing through.ñv

at the doors hurried senators literally pass you, but in the span of time, who's actually going to pass who? for you all, each of you will experience tomorrows that we never do. you are leaving here, my young friends. this is now a beginning and not an end. you came here as individuals from all over the country. now you are tit- history here b now it is time for you to separate again and make it. this nation needs each and every one of you. it needs your artistry. it needs your compassion. it needs your genius. it needs your love. this country needs your struggl. it needs your firm belief in what is possible and when this

nation gets stuck, it needs your shove. we handed you our best speeches, our best words, and you took them all. but soon our time will have been past and it's up to you to make america a more perfect union with liberty and justice for all. so my last piece of advice, and, yes, this is an insulting poke, you guys really need to learn some much better jokes. the truth -- and this is the truth. and i'm sorry it's not yet sunny. you guy are awful and not that funny. in fact, you're like cold, soggy cereal. you've given me no good jokes. it's all just been awful material. so if this poem is going to have a final epitaph, it would be to

give you this. give the world everything you have but never take yourself too seriously. always remember to laugh. truly, truly an honor. you guys are really, really special. i know i speak on behalf of the senators. you will be missed. but all of us are looking forward to witnessing your rise, your contributions, and the light you're going to bring to darkness. madam president, i yield the floor.

a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. a senator: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that privileged of the floor be granted to my intern on my staff today, up better toe -- umberto nicholas presiding officer: wit objection. +ñ

the presidency states as today using part of my his campaign ad. talkingrity and immigration. i would encourage him to use the speech today instead. president biden created the problem at the border right now. that's not some theory. that's not some political statement. that is fact and i can compareos president who operated under the exact same law as president biden is operating under now with 2.5 million southern border this year. under president obama we have half a million. there's a difference, between

presidentdent trump and president biden. the only difference is the executive is overseeing that t■laws prosecution and that's te only difference. why would we have half a million people illegally crossing the border under president obama and 2.5 million people under president biden? it's the executive and how they are carrying out the law. been very clear that last half a million is congress's responsibility. we have responsibility change the definition of asylum and change how the enforcement is done increase the number of agents that are there take away a lot of the fields that are frivolous and we all know it to allow people to qualify for asylum to get into this country and people that do not get turned around so they through -- through a legal pathway not an illegal pathway. that's the response if congress that last half a million. those are changes in the laws we have got to get done and i've been outspoken on that and will continue to be outspoken on that because we have not done our job

here for the other 2 million people illegally crossing this year, last yearn that's not on congress. that's on the president of united states because he created this. why would i say that? day one of this presidency he walked in with an executive order on day one and announced to the world we are no longer going to do a border wall construction. we are going to stop border wall construction. they want the president announced he's no longer going to do the executive order that was put in place under president trump to ensure there was a meaningful application of border patrol laws and immigration regulation. literally he took those regulations and set them aside and said we are going to do that today when he announced a 100 day moratorium on deportation andotz: enforcement can continuo extend it out from there. this wasn't day one but it was a week and a half later.

dhs implemented a new p the way we do removals of people illegally present in the country. the next day after that he change the way asylum process is done at the border and removed what was called the remain in mexico program. that is something the supremet u can't just remove that. you have to reimplement that so the supreme court actually required it to be implemented.■■ this president putting the mechanics to do it but is not actually doing it. americans are paying hundreds of millions of dollars for the facility and the personnel to this soul with the court has required them to do but that they aren't actually doing the remain in mexico program but that's a decision they made. the week after that and february february 2021 antony blinkenmine agreement with guatemala honduras in el salvador so that they would then enforce their

borders more readily and that agreement that we have made with them with the state department come the state department terminated that to be able to open up the pathways for mor i could go on and on. you s what's hapni not happened the decis our bordo not look so mean. what occurred is more than 10 million people have crossed our border illegally and did administration has announced the last couple of weeks 55,000 people have crossed just this year that they designated as a special interest migrants.>■á their definition. 55,000 people. those indiduals are areas that are coming from areas that they define as a terror risk. those 55,000 individuals have all been labeled by this administration as a potential risk to national security. 55,000 in just the last year.

do you know what's happened to those? the vast majority are in the united states right now because they were released by this administration. this is a border crisis of this administration's creation. they created this crisis. while congress has a responsibility to do the things that we need to do this administration created this crisis with the decisions they made an homeland security they made in the state department they made in the department of justice. individuals across the bder multiple times that is a felony in american law. asked the department of justice family■ been charged with a felony in the last three years but i dare you, ask them and you'll find at zero. they have stopped prosecutions. they have announced to the world we are no longer enforcing american law. the world has taken the message and they are coming to the united states of america, to the

greatest country in the world we are also the top the world becae people come here to do us harm because they our freedom and who we are. we are not doing the most basic security that every nation does and that is to protect our border. the president announced an executive action this week. an executive action that he literally pulled from a session of the bipartisan bill that we worked on but it's literally the section on the end of it. part of the bill was not what you do after thousands of people are crossing the border. the part of the bill is what you do with the first that illegally cross. the bill was set up to state the first pertinent illegally crosses, they are picked up at the border. then they are deported quickly. we changed the appeals process and change the standards to rapidly effect the first person. this administration announced a

new initiative that they are going to do not it not for the first person that illegally crosses but for somewhere around the 4000. why do i say 4000 when they have announced 2500? you have to read the fine print. they said after 2500 people come we are going to add new authority of the fine print is pretty important.they exclude aa day they are currently leading e ttp one act giving those folks pearl throw. they have not gone through net illegal process. they are just clear it declaring them as legal in the come through so they aren't including those folks illegally coming to the border under parole part down that they have created but that program couldn't want illegal immigration would drop by 16 at people to tomorrow they turned off the program. theyre not including cuba hades venezuela nicaragua program. 2000 people a day are coming in through that program, they just

excluded them as well from their 2500 number. they are excluding anyone who is an unaccompanied minor. they are excluding them and they have listed a whole bunch of others if they have a health issue. 2500 number several folks say that's half of what you will propose in your bill. the fine t and that's an executive order. what did this administration do? etght now but they could right now, they could start putting pressure on recalcitrant countries in the state department to take back individuals into their own countries that the state department stop putting pressure on trent companies and they could today allows the administration to direct hire for patrol. they aren't using that authority. they are just saying we can't hire enough agents. they have direct hire authority and they are refusing not to use it.

handled the appeals process through frivolous regulations and executive orders they had to literally take away those things and make it more difficult. it's a fight to the appeals. they could put those back in today. today chair. mr. schumer: i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent thament appointment at the desk appear in the record as if made separately by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i understand the senate received a message to accompany s. 2051. the correct. mr. schumer: i ask the chair to lay before the bod the message to accompany s. 2051. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolved that the bill from the senate, s. 2051 entitled an act to reauthorize act and for other n's

purposes do pass with an amendment. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate concur in the house amendment to s. 2051 and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar 257 s. 2291. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number257, s. 2291, a bill to establish th center and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the peters substitute amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed , the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed, t reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without

mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the consideration of s. res. 726, which is at the desk. the presiding fi the clerk: s. res. 726, designating june 6, 2024, as national naloxone awareness day. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous e d to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.■/ the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn to then convene for a pro forma session only, with no business being conducted on friday, june 7, at 10:00 a.m. further, that when the senate adjourns on friday, june 7, it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday, june 11. that on tuesday, following the prayer and pledge, the journal

date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and morning business be closed. following the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the rosner nomination. further, that the cloture motions filed during today's session ripen at 5:30 p.m. on tuesda the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned deg off senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday.

today an unprecedented armada landed on the shores of normandy. >> these are the, these are the men took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are heroes who helped end

a war. >> 2 million suns from 15 countries jump into bloodsoaked met death on an playing. send the sons of democracy improvised amount of their own attacks. at that exact moment on these beaches the forces of freedom turned the tide of the 20th century.oad to dvd -- d-day was hard and long and trel by weary and valued men. history will always record where that road began. it began here with the first footprintsnches of normandy. 202-748-8004 the 150,000 souls set off towards the tiny sliver of sand on which hung more than the fate of a war.

rather the course of human history. >> today we remember those who fell and the honor a who fought right here in normandy.