one of those soldiers was a 21-year-old private from nebraska named charles timothy hagel.esn't let me get too close to an active weapons system. it makes them nervous, but clearly they did things differently back in those days. i can only assume you were careful not to point the missile at the president because what followed is decades of service. vice president biden, members of congress general dempsey, leaders from across this department and members of the joint chiefs and service secretaries, to the men and women of the greatest military in the world we gather to pay tribute to a true american pate patriot. let me assure you i checked with the secret service and chuck will not be demonstrating any missile launches today. as we all know and have heard again, chuck loves nebraska. cornhuskers, red beer, but above all what chuck loves most is the people. his fellow midwesterners. there are more than 7 billion people on the planet. but as so many of our troops have found o ut themselves no matter where chuck goes if you're from nebraska, he will find you and he will had ta

and one of those soldiers was a 21-year-old private from nebraska named charles timothy hagel. the secret service does not usually let me get too close to an active weapons system. it makes them nervous, but clearly they did things a little differently back in lbj's days. chuck i can only assume you were careful not to point the missile at the president because what followed was a life of dedicated service to our nation spanning nearly 50 years. vice president biden, members of congress general dempsey, leaders from across this department and members of the joint chiefs and service secretaries to the men and women of the greatest military in the world, we gather to pay tribute to a true american patriot and let me assure you that i checked with the secret service and chuck will not be demonstrating any missile laujnches today. chuck loves nebraska. the corn huskers, red beer brunzas, i don't know what those are, but i hear they taste pretty good. there are just under 2 million people in nebraska. there are more than 7 billion people on the planet. but as so many of our troops h

and one of those soldiers was a 21-year-old private from nebraska named charles timothy hagel. now, the secret service does not usually let me get too close to an active weapons system. it makes them nervous. but, clearly, they did things a little differently back in lbj's days. and, chuck, i can only assume that you were careful not to point the missile at the president -- because what followed was a life of dedicated service to our nation spanning nearly 50 years. vice president biden, members of congress, general dempsey, leaders from across this department, members of the joint chiefs and service secretaries; to the men and women of the greatest military in the world -- we gather to pay tribute to a true american patriot. and let me assure you that i checked with the secret service, and chuck will not be demonstrating any missile launchers today. as we all know, and we've have heard again, chuck loves nebraska. the cornhuskers. red beer. runzas -- i don't know what those are, but i hear they taste pretty good. but above all, what chuck loves most about his home state is the