in september, colonel pete corey of littleton brought 700 members of the 197th fires brigade home safely from kuwait. i i'd ask colonel corey to stand so we can thank him and all the men and women of new hampshire who served our nation in the armed forces. [applause] >> we were led today in the pledge by david clark. a resident of the veterans home and a vietnam veteran. he is joined today by men and women from the veterans home who served our nation in world war ii, wore ya, and vietnam. is it easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy as americans, the freedoms we exercise every day in this building as we debate. we must never forget that the blood and sweat and tears of our veterans paid for every one of those. let us thank them and all our veterans for their service to our country, and for protecting our liberty. applause. [applause] it is my great honor to report to the people of new hampshire, for the fourth and final time, on the state of our great state. now, you know what i'm going to say next, i'm going to say it's because it's true. i believe that we live in the greatest s

in september, colonel pete corey of littleton brought 700 members of the 197th fires brigade home safely from kuwait. i i'd ask colonel corey to stand so we can thank him and all the men and women of new hampshire who served our nation in the armed forces. [applause] >> we were led today in the pledge by david clark. a resident of the veterans home and a vietnam veteran. he is joined today by men and women from the veterans home who served our nation in world war ii, wore ya, and vietnam. is it easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy as americans, the freedoms we exercise every day in this building as we debate. we must never forget that the blood and sweat and tears of our veterans paid for every one of those. let us thank them and all our veterans for their service to our country, and for protecting our liberty. applause. [applause] it is my great honor to report to the people of new hampshire, for the fourth and final time, on the state of our great state. now, you know what i'm going to say next, i'm going to say it's because it's true. i believe that we live in the greatest s