some that i made up and some that exist this is for jessica lynch, war memories. i have forgotten myself. who i was, i cannot now know who i have become is a stranger i have forgotten myself there are other things to lose in battle eyes and guts, other sacrifices before life. vilost myself. i am not who i was before this war, i am not she who no longer dares to be my mother is so happy with this worn body returned home. we pretend that i am as whole as i look. but at night when i stair through the dark at the hidden image in the mirror i cannot lie to the stranger i see. i have forgotten everything. except my affection for children, my service to country and my insatiable fear. [applause] >> sizing up the cost of war. >> what is left but the shoes. shoes scuffed and torn, no longer having feet to carry them, shoes empty now. work boots bearing mud from the last field he had plowed with his father. empty now. red sneakers with white stripes brought back fwr america by her oldest son given to her youngest, both of them immediately rung outside kicking the soccer bal

jessica lynch. >> she is an american and every american deserved to be free. >> after that, you actually. i am the greatest day of my life. >> when you became a citizen. >> of course. because america is the greatest country on the planet. american people are the most honest people and, also, giving. so, it's my duty to wear this uniform because when i was all over the world, america that was the only country that took me in. they gave me freedom, liberty and education. >> you live in california now, you have your own family and you have a successful business, fitness, something to do with fitness, a gym or something. >> it's called the warrior fitness camp warrior style. i am incorporating the congolese because i'm from the congo, i never forget where i came from. i incorporate congo style and american style to help people lose weight. >> do you have a favorite exercise? >> all the exercise -- >> one that all of our viewers might be