terry davis, the remarkable gold star sister, goldstar wife, and gold star mothers.ch. and i also met the parents, the brother, and the beautiful widow of john howard. i had the privilege of meeting his family when i attended the memorial service in fort lewis in washington state. john sved in the striker brigade that was among the hardest hit in afghanistan. he left behind a wife, two young sons, and an infant daughter who he never got to make, but who i hope will grow up with a pride in her father filling part of the void that is loved by his loss. each of the goldstaramilies and bodies in the words of john milton, -- embodied in the words of john milton those who also served stand in waiting. those of you that are standing and waiting are relieved and to return, as jill and i were, at the return of our son from iraq. many of you are now waiting with family members still overseas, many in harm's way, and some of you have stood and waited for a loved one that did not return. and to live now with the knowledge that you will one day be united with them with our heaven

we would like everyone from the gold star mothers and goldstar wives to stand up.old star mothers here and the president of the gold star wives. [applause] thank you. i wanted to thank the people with sons and daughters in touch. we have their parents on more. the american legion, we want to thank them. amvets, a jewish war veterans, noncommissioned officers association, paralyzed veterans, vietnam veterans of america, and we want to thank our board members. many longtime friends are here, general george price, bill cooper, and others. there is a commercial message here. based technologies gave but the nation allowing us to film the ceremony and airing at lie. if everyone wants to see of later, they can see it on our web site. they're great people to give us the prisoner of war and american flags here that we all have. they give them out for the special events. and speaking of thanks, we all owe our thanks to a vietnam veteran named blaine jackson. who is doing jackson? you will remember him right away because during times square, when a terrorist attack was being

terry as a goldstar sister, a goldstar white, and the gold star mothers.sacrifice that much. and i also met the parents, the brother, and the beautiful widow when i attended the memorial service at fort hood in washington state. john served in the striker brigade that was among the hardest hit in afghanistan. he left behind all white, two young sons, and a daughter who he never got to meet, who i hope will grow up with the pride in her father filling the void left by his loss. each of the gold star families embodies the words of john milton, those also serve who only stand and wait. many of you in this at a theater today have stood and waited, will leave as jill and i were at the return of a loved one, in our case, our son, from a year in iraq. many of you are now waiting for family members still overseas, many in harm's way. and some of you have stood and waited for loved ones that did not return. and live now with the knowledge that you will one day be reunited with them with our heavenly father. to those of lost a loved one in the service of our nation,

for our fallen heroes and goldstar families, you will not be forgotten.you have paid the ultimate sacrifice and will be forever remembered in our hearts. our troops can continue to get the job done, and i would be remiss if i did not take the opportunity to thank our family and friends who have supported us while we have been deployed and took care of each other at home while deployed. with the court to join our families here sen. thank you again for your time today. -- we look board to join our families again here soon. thank you again for your time today. >> general, thank you, and a safe and speedy redeployment. thank you. >> thank you very much. i [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> and a moment, cyber security, and a meeting today with president obama on emigration. after that, thad allen's briefing on the gulf oil spill. later, a look at the legal aspects of the oil spill. a couple of live events tomorrow on the companion networks, c- span2. arizona state university foru

we would like everyone from the gold star mothers and goldstar wives to stand up. we have the president of the gold star mothers here and the president of the gold star wives. [applause] thank you. i wanted to thank the people with sons and daughters in touch. we have their parents on more. the american legion, we want to thank them. amvets, a jewish war veterans, noncommissioned officers association, paralyzed veterans, vietnam veterans of america, and we want to thank our board members. many longtime friends are here, general george price, bill cooper, and others. there is a commercial message here. basedechnologies gave but the nation allowing us to film the ceremony and airing at lie. if everyone wants see of later, they can see it on our web site. they're great people to give us the prisoner of war and american flags here that we all have. they give them out for the special events. and speaking of thanks, we all owe our thanks to a vietnam veteran named blaine jackson. who is doing jackson? you will rememr him right away because during times square, when a ter