commander guardner, thank you for your introduction and your service i was proud to welcome glenn and bob to the oval office before july and i look forward to working with your next commander, tommy tradewell. i want to acknowledge gene gardener and dixie and jan title and all the spouses and family of the ladies auxiliary. also, governor jan brewer is here of arizona. and mayor phil gordon, our host, here in phoenix. i want to acknowledge president, dr. joe shirley, jr. president of the navajo nation and this wasn't on my original card but this is just an extraordinary story and you may have heard from her but i want to publicly acknowledge and thank helen denton, the secretary to dwight eisenhower. [applause] >> who typed up the orders for the normandy invasion and is here today and what an extraordinary story that is. [applause] [applause] >> members of the veterans of foreign wars, i am honored and humbled to stand before you as commander in chief of the finest military the world has ever known. [applause] >> we're joined by some of those who make it the finest force in the world.