i welcome the goldstar family and friends. i would like to begin by especially welcoming our goldstar families. [applause] let me also thank the national park service and the vietnam veterans memorial, volunteers and staff. they work day in and day out and they do so much to care for the sacred memorial. thank you all so much. i want to extend my personal thanks to the secretary of the interior ken salazar for his strong support and leadership. please thank your staff at the national park service for their magnificent help for today's ceremony and their steadfast support for 30 years since this memorial has been built. thank you very much. we want to thank the lieutenant general and his staff with the united states of america vietnam memorial commemorative committee. the department of defense under the strong leadership of secretary of defense leon panetta has shown some really great leadership. they are making this day possible. this will be an amazing day that no one here ever forget. thank you for spending at memorial day w

goldstar and keep learning. >> a bit of pronunciation and you will be there. >> that was a little bit earlier. joining me is michael. it can you speak cornish? >> no, i cannot. i still struggle with english to be honest with you. >> congratulations on being torchbearers. how do you end up doing that? >> what my friends nominated me. there's a selection process after that. you can either select whether you are going to go forward or you can decide not to. they send you an e-mail. i was nominated through coca- cola. i thought it was spam. >> fortunately, you found out in the end. do they tell you what to do. do they give you lots of instructions about how to hold the torch? >> they send you lots of e-mail on where to meet. not too many on how to hold the torch. it's more of making sure you are in the right place at the right time. they send e-mail and texts. >> cornwall feels a long way away from london. are people interested in the games? >> yes, definitely. there's a lot of buzz going on at the moment, especially because it's starting with the torch relay. everybody's getting very exc

are pushing legislation right now for more recognition, in national recognition for blue star and goldstaroms. in their minds, they don't plan on going anywhere. host: there is an in-depth poll -- peace in " the new york times." you can see what it looks like a long memorial bridge as they arrive here in our nation's capital every memorial day weekend and will have live coverage later in this program to show you how the preparations are today. thank you very much for being with us. guest: thanks a lot. host: you are watching "washington journal.' coming up next is a discussion of the supreme court and there is significant decisions as they wrap up their term and the elections in egypt. , what it means for the egyptian people and our relations in that part of the world. we will have an expert from the region. we're back in just a moment >> i want people to get a better sense of understanding from the book about what she was like. there have been books written and most of that has been written by people who have talked to friends and friends and friends and i really don't have the informatio