christopher alcozer , i was at his funeral a few years ago, and it was the hate group from kansas there that tried to disrupt the funeral. they echoed very vile epithets, had vile signs. it was a very difficult day, but jesse alcozer, his wife judy, and kathy alcozer, the mother of christopher alcozer chip, who was killed defending our country is a real history. he was only 19. he played the viola and he was a wrestler. he combined a lot of skills in life. god did not give him a long life but he gave him a purposeful life. it is important that all this in the land of lincoln remember abraham lincoln's words at gettysburg, 272 words. it is important for all of us, the living, to honor those to give their last full measure of devotion to our democracy, to our government of the people, to our opportunity to be here to have a democracy and make laws and make people's lives better. so i'm very grateful to the alcozer family. all like to have them stand up and be recognized for all that they have done for our country. i want to point out that jesse alcozer is a vietnam veteran. we all know ou