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american historyc and jeanne shaheen. last advisors in 2004 the 23rd district including ten. today we are commemorate sa i know senator hassan was on the delegation and it's an important timen our history. the sacrificesathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers aíg grandmothers stormed the beaches of normandy.

senator boseman and back with her. maybe start asking some t served in our armed forces. i want to get your reflections on being but a reflections. >> thank you and this is so important it was on the for the house into the and see that nobody really was paying much attention. you to specific things and people are so thank you for making it possible. was 17 said he was 19 a junior in

l miled and he went on started getting ready for world war ii. at asking questions is donald but the generation truly was very special. this was just a bun of ordinary people doing extraordinar they subsequently needed to.eople like you said are in a conflict. ...

through their efforts to cure peace in europe and chill out. we are blessed we have notwe had to witness the same thing. >> first of all paul thank you for convening us at the mccain institute. it is reall be here with my colleague and share our thoughts. dad had finished the year of college when he enlisted in world war ii after pearl h and, when we went to normative couple of weeks ago one of the things that struck me was how much the veterans who were there reminded me of my dad it reminded me their demeanor, we would thank them and they simply did what we were supposed to dad became a sergeant in theld always talk to us about his platoon people had a lot of political

differences. try distressed to me and my siblings you are supposed to have differences. you are americans. you're free to have differences. ight for. when we fight we know we have a belief in freedom. what always it translated on the battlefield. no m background was how different your politics were we had each other's backs. dad would occasionally at the breaast table and most of this audience is pretty young's you ot remember. we used to read paper newspapers. at the breakfast my dad would have it in front of his face he w it would lower and see his face over the newspapy now and then he would lower and say what you guys going to do for freedom today? you kind of gulped, i was 10. [laughtepo he was making was his generation had fought to keep us

hitler. to liberate the pacific theater. together to rebuild soto people would derstand the blessings of ta freedom. the way it translates into prosperity. an individual dignity and progress.o he just wanted us to remember that while we did not have to go sto because of what his generation was done. this is a thing that dependent on us all being rooted in this fundamental thing. which was a freedom. last reflection i will have. when the veterans came at the american cemetery read many on tv a big platform, big stage. the veterans were wheeled on a ramp. some w t covered the exact to go around they'd been told to storm and take on that fateful day against enormous odds. they had to run across the equivalent of three football fields. scale walls had to improvise because their were not

working for the first wave of americans we had a 92% casualty rate and that first wave. they were coming a this beautifully decorated ramp just a couple of weeks ago. some of them walking. they are mostly in wheelchairs. when the po give them an honor of metal every single one of them insisted onn standing. all i could think of as they are is air standing for freedom even today because they know it is standing for. >> one thing i think you kind of have to remember is that when you were 10 and your dad was saying that, the war had not long. this was still very, very fresh on people's minds. it really did affect their behavior. your parents abuse mattered to young people growing up in that experience. >> and should build on that,

jon, my dad. she did not serve in any capacity although her mother was ahead ofdid. they had two british children who lived with them they came over in london and thought they were going to be a lot of parents and the survivors of the holocaust. we were raised on stories a people who had frank. is was very real and throughout the fabric of americ >> building off of that you've talked about childn listening to your fathers and reflecting on this. but we are infl a room filled with people in their 20s you co-authored a resolution on the 80th anniversary of d-day. obviously you work with their

partners in congress and in the senate. you have an here of young people why is that important? why this date? all today? >> it is so important. were growing up the fourth of july you asked everybody in charge top who has served the entire church served stood she still had world war i folks around. you had korea. the cold war was going on. on vietnam was raging. everyone was in uniform. shocked my generation hasn't. but my uncles that good, both of my grandparents did. everybody did. many of you are in a situation has served your parents didn't, your grandparents student so because of that doing all that we can do to help people

understand with the military has done for it what they do these sacrifices that they have make and continue ts important. it's a little harder because you don't have the familybi ties. you do not have the community ties to the military at percentage now is serving. i'm the air force congress we work really hard to get staff. people like you ourselves out to the basis of vacant interface with young men and women who are serving help them understand what the military is all about. we've got that aspect of it and then the sacrifice that has come anyway we can you that these kind of things or any other thing we can do is very, very impo >> this was a bipartisan trip. we are the mccain. institute senator you served a little bit

longer with senator mccain he was a big fan he liked to lead thethat code else because they're good to but this one in particular your colleagues did anything change? as far as short relationships with other members? what came out of that from this particular trip that you can reflect on with your other colleagues? >> code oils generally are important but it's alwaysrtant to try it whenever we can to do them on a bipartisan all i will say regardless of the code dealt regardless where i've been on a co- dell glass driven to normandy, ukraine, china and last spring to latin america america is still an indispensable natio things that are the envy of the rest of the world.

that starts with having vibrant and diverse communities where it meetings like this are allowed. we are all able to gather and express our opinions we have used this to build a level of prosperity and leadership that is the envy of the rest of t the world. we go on these co- dell's the first thing i notice is how importan there. to the other sure you've noticed that too. a couple things that happen are so important. first of all we have the experience of being at the american cemetery at that ceremony and watching it. we start talking to each other butst what we have just seen. some of us went late into the ceremony which was alma hoppe other national leaders including zelensky work. we are talking about these ings we havethings for briefings at the embassy as we are by our military

leadership ukraine and test ideas with each other increasing collective understanding about the challenges ukraine is facing for the challenges we wil have support ukraine. supporting our nato alliance and make sure it is as strong as iton can be. i thought our meeting with president zelenskyy was reallyextraordinary. one thing is that happen and a building which was owned once upon a time by the french statesman. it's not owned by the united states that that is where he met with president zelenskyy to was administer modest efforts to

standab up for freedom and fight off putin were to be intact as it fruit world. in the same place that ran the marshall pla helped rebuild europe and again set the foundation for eight years of i found that very moving. we share the experiences necessary to trust each other the tough moments. the other side being a free, vibrant and opinionated p as will have times and we disagree and we need tonces and prinering those disagreements. ask the other thing i would say to is my dad is not very

political. my dad would've been friends with dad been a club or what ever there are bonds that are that supersedeshi everything. and so i was really pleased i know the veterans there represented in these leaks to the youngest was probably about 96 to i think 107. it is amazing. most of them were in good shape. but, i know their political persuasions were all over the map. they were so gracious. all of them are very grateful to president biden for being there.eful for all of us t being there. so there are some things that supersede politics. supersede everything else. that was exhibited by the veterans and also by members of congress

ever the biggest congressional tr history with 60 house members. >> 19 of us or so. >> really amazing. >> thank you center boozman for leading that co- dell and senator hassan forg. it really does a show we need to commemorate thatent and the veterans that are among us and their service. all of those are still in the service of veterans with avmillions that art veterans and continue to serve this country in many different ways. we are also celebrating another the allies waiting world war ii the parliamentary assembly your thoughts on nato today more are paying their dues on time theay not.

yourbe experience, do you see nato playing out in arole today? >> nato has been a great alliance. it has not been it is a huge deterrent force. right now because of the invasion of ukraine stronger than ever. one of the criticisms when i was in the hou not as much is many in nato it simply were not spending enough they expect ourselves britain and other countries to be the people providing the defense. the other pro was them&y have caveats. whether afghanistan or whatever from the countries to participate have been broken down we have

insisted just because of nato there is a step step forward provide the leadership not only do we defend our country but europe from the russians,ond prosper themselves so they could tremendous job of that. because of the efforts of nato you are the last blessed that i did not have to make the same decisions that our parents did regarding service. did you see 92%? >> we did not get to 50/50 casualty versus surviving till the sixth wave. on d-day. >> these are very, very serious things. we've been very blessed. we have had wars but not the of the

world wars with the quiet for the last major role in that. do we need to continue to make sure it nato nato plays its part in the census of the countries being a good participants and doing what they need to do? yes. but i will tote does not matter ertre looks to us for it leadership and support that we pro ready to leadership as a buffer to rush of the soviet union. that nato and the united states has much broader i would say enemies today. china is one of them, i run being another. how would used to the transatlantic alliance putting a buffer between oring our national security or us more secure against china and >> sure. maybe i will start by taking a step back into the nato alliance

is soortant as we are seeing a play out in ukraine right and our capacity to have that against russia. it also means there are re that are very important on particular issues. just recently show the united states put into place export controls and keep our most advaed microchips from going to china. it's really important we get the netherlands to agree to the same thing they areet producing a whole lot of advanced microchips too. if they did not agree to do it our decision to control those exports would not have try to make sure china does not have a qualitative mi us. that's just an example for the ongoing work nat has a full group but country could take hundred makes a difference that sets the foundation for the world understanding how important partnerships and alliances ar it has been really importantit for autocrats were ever they are

china, iran, north korea or russia to democracies will stand together for they'll help each other. they will behe strong. even when they may have national differences and conflicts from time toe time. that has allowed us to begin t reach out to non- nato members in different parts of the world invite them into strong alliances that can help them for instance it shut chinese aggreson yougthen not only our relationship with japan and our relationship but remember they have had differences relate since world war the broker new gradients ingredients and a new sense of trusts in that relationship that is important to o ability. have a buffer against china but obviously really important for the people of japan and southkorea. similarly new relationships with australia. very, very important in the south pacific as a way of saying to china and to autocrats around the world we will stand for

freedom. ill build friendships and alliances. because what binds people who be freedom and democracy is so much greater and so muchin stronger thannces we have. i think thanues to be a really important thing for us to demonstr >> nato is gotten busy bigger over the last years in finland and sweden as a direct result of russia's invasion of ukraine. i think both of you has made this poitronger than ever has been. it is more popular but we did a small project a few years ago before the russian invasion. young people and nato in nato member countries. because it had fallen off of popularity people did i understand if he is the united states or in european countries what the importance nato played in their security. i think today we see nato and nato member countriesave talked about and s cyber security and all of these other mechanisms

that protect us every single day. with that in mind on july 10 and 11th united states will host the next nato summit. every year there's a heads of state settlement. it appeared to washington d.c. for the 75th senator boozman you attended these types ofefore pretty participate in the parliamentary assembly. what doesn to our adversaries around the world? what is the message we are sending and what can we learn from next month? the message it sent as we have all of these countries convening. it is like i described maggie and i both described the trip we on a very bipartisan efcompletely bipartisan. americans going overseasate and remember it d-day. you have a convening of a lot of dispiriting groups to set stuff to come together and form this so it demonstrates to the world the alliance is strong.

it's so important for so many different reasons for it allows these countri to vent. to talk about concerns they have. we get to share our concerns. do not care what you are doing it is for the dialogue back and forth. again, america's gothi to lead. the world at once once us to lead. her thing that is so important is this is not only a it is an economic alliance two. it is a good portion of the entire economy of the world. economies. having that alliance that is is aligned with other fact that we are aligned with ja most of most of these countries are aligned to. but that from going nuclear to protect themselves from the chinese. if japan goes nuclear south korea it goes nuclear iran is a

huroblem. putting political and economic they goes nuclear. saudi arabia is going nuclear. again the list goes on and nuclear proliferation in those areas not going to make any of us any safer. this takes athe stakes are very high. but like i say just convening a force that we are's actions nato is more united than ever. it is amazing. >> georgia comment on that? >> out echo what jon said. i particular it i not just to putin but to autocrats everywhere. and it is a really important reminder we talk about the economic alliance. they believe in democracy there about bringing out the best in each other and allowing reach their full potential.

when that happened your economy thrives you have vibrant societies and recognizing and reinforcing that these matter in the everyday lives of americans. highlighting that contrast continues to be really important we see people afforded with authoritarianism around thehe world. it is really important to stay grounded in reason democracy is so important is when everyone has a seat at the table for which everybody is considered equal that is how you get bipartisanship. that is how to get problem-solving. that is you get creative. that is how you raise the quality of everyone's life. it's a really important valueatement along with a recognition of the 96 leadership right now.

generation that help achieve victory at also help build nato after the war. can you talk about the connection between these two events and what it says about that generation? how they felt they were still more work to be done after world war ii. it did not end because we won.ther generation. for this is a generation this is your age. you can imagine that you come back from a horrendous war. we talked about that casualties in some situations. not everybody went through that but everybody was willing. and everybody could have. and my did. everyone is willing to step up. not only did they do what it took to win the war but then they secured the peace in europe. and most importantly came back anuilt our country. wete instituted the g.i. we educated these folks.

allowed them to make a living wage. be productive in late jumped forward and literally rebuilt our country pretty have to remember prior to in a w depression. these folks grew up during the depression years. that was difficult enough and then you hit world war ii and you go through all of that, come back and start families. did a tremendous job rou while never talking about what they did it. remarkable thing. they were so understated. many of the people i knew in fact right now we have a group recognizes the military hall of fame in arkansa. most of the time i did not know they were in the service.

these are people who literally did all the things we are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. they were a remarkable generation. someone we could certainly learn a lot from. you are that generation now. we are expecting you to step forward into great on an aircraft carrier it not toonottoo long ago paid the a that team in the half of that they said this generation is as good as any they've ever had. you can give yourself a pat on the back but that is what it i know we've had america support and thatass and you'll step you will step forward in the future. >> are so many similarities may talk aboutmetalk about your dad and and yes they would have been friends. my dad to survive the great depression. mostly because his m florida in the 1930s the schooeachid in essentially food stamps and that is how they survived although they had to move out of their house and find a smallerone.

my grandfather was a traveling shoe not buy so they really, really struggled. dad got a scholarship to go to college, and listed, survive the battle of the bold print for those of you who don't know the bolt was fought in december in belgium the forest. which of the 75th commemoration of that we were on together. i never heard my father complai cold. part of that was the married a new englander and had to move up to new england it was from jacksonvillewas injacksonville florida had to survive the battle of the bulge. the other thing we have been trimming more and more about ii w were an intensely divided

country. the politics then, there are echoes today in some of the divisions that we hear about. the loud there is a growing movement in to stay out of world war ii. we had nazi rallies in this country. i think it was something like 20000 people at madison square garden. they were people who were arguing that appeasing hitler it was the right t including our ambassador to britain joe kennedy. they were leaders important at first is that we can make a deal withe okay. and of course we true. fact hitler's lies grew out of the terms of the peace after world war i which were punitive towards germany. our fathers understood sacrificed to win world war ii for they had to

defeat hitler because it was clear you cannot appease evil ind people today. appeasing bullies, appeasing evil does not work. that is our fathers understood unless the terms of the peace gave the vanquish is some hope and capacity to live the life they want to live here their children and grandchildren might hawar again. more than anything having survive these terrible terrible battlest[ that wanted to make sure that did not happen. everything you s together to do was with a sense of their's got to a better way. we can respect human dignity as we can spread it. stand up to evil. then we will in fact be able to prevail. next generations wil safe. those lessons are ones we to take and really remember

ourselves. because, around the world evil exists. tyrants es. of ourof resources and our fathers generation gave us the tools to do possible being champions of freedom.>> i agree totally with so well said. generation that was traveled. they are inany, they were stationed in england. receiving oncoming from those things. the other thing was that as a nation we had so much to be grateful for. it's hard to imagine being in germany, being in france you have total destruction. these are wiped you come back and get back the

family in things and escape that. i think also the recognition we have a greatth country. we have soo much to be proudf. that is a tremendouslbi: tremendous effect on them not only then how they conduct their lives in theuture. quickquicksort of your common themes both of you have mentioned and they brought that forward. they pass that forward you want your freedom good economy we have ups and downs. they sacrificed along the way. his sacrifice away we don't have we have active oars. there are other ways young people can provide service. as i said in the beginning the two of you have combined 50 or 60 years of public service between the two of you. you're going to pay for as a

government official. your communities by representing theme in the united states often talk about what it means tot be a leader. how we encourage more leaders to rise up. the two of you rose up to the parties, we have an audience ofpeople was working on capitol hill. the might bell political scientt and hoping to do things to them to encourage them on this p means. >> take the opportunity try different things as much as you it may be in your community. one of things we have were growing up there is not social media there were not smart phones. if you want to talk to someone. if you want to school you did

things together. you volunteered i come from new england we still have town with less then what used to. town meeting was a day everyone got together on a saturday and hash out thehe town's budget. town zoning rules whatever they may be. took care of the little kids will our parents voted. there's always a curmudgeon they'd say their piece of edge of the moderator say okay norm, have a seat. >> were there any moments? there were' when i moved to new hampshire we moved our family to new hampshire at the way i met peopleas at town meetings. there would be people sitting on knitting and following the conversation. one comment get to know people

in his different many contacts as you can. finallyfind things toas politics that help you build those bonds. passions. follow those passions and make sure that as you do that this is more life advice than public-service advice. make sure you are surrounded by people who support you love. my introduction on school funding group. our oldest has very severe disabilities that she wanted d of perspective on this group. i never thought i was going to run for office. then there was redistricting in new hampshire in the chart our party called me. i had a part-timeo kids one had very complicated medical stu juggle. there's an opening sentence he we can't find someone to run a

new hampshire pay our state legislators 100 bucks a year that setting in the constitution it's a volunteer thid she said you would be good at it. i i said that's nice, it cannot possibly kids, job this, that. then i called my husband and said isn't nice but maybe i will think about it she said you have til deadline. so flattering i laid out all of the reasons i couldm said you would be really good at it, we will make it e work. make sure you have those people in your life i never would have if i had not had a family that said this will beut it. passion go at it. if you decide it isn't your passion or what is really important is being a good capitolscapitals making a lot of money and go do that but don't look and public service. understanding difference and be proud of either path you take. would

agree totally. people ask me all the timeeveral interns you probably got some to be active in your community. people's there's givers and takers and you need to be that translates to so many things. to be active more history. the inch of the mill outer battery of tests to make sure you are responsible enough to again have great responsibility noticed in the lastth several years as the decline in empathy and caring about each this is something we see in society right n. so the key is again be active in your community. there's all kinds of opportunities for you to do.

that is wer is a simple thing but it is so, so very important. thin not only success in politics but the life. >> what other thing i think i said is compromise is critical to who we are as americans and it is as foundational to our system as anything else would. while free toll disagree. there are have just one solution. compromise expose yourself to people who disagree with you. without getting mad at them, without picking a them but left without letting them pick a fight with you. that is really important too. considering it full circle those are great words to end on here to talk about or discuss the impact of d-day 80

years ago and the sacrificesthat grandparents, great-grandparents fat made the sacrifices. you always sing the same thing. you still have to make sacrifices today. you just got the figure with the sacrifices are. but thank you senator for your time. we reallybo appreciate it. thank you all for showing up today. we really appreciate it. thank you all very much. [applause] thank you guys. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

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