. >> i also want to recognize ray wieczorek, thank you for all your service to manchester. [applause] this fall, american combat troops left iraq after more than ten years. countless new hampshire citizens have served in the support of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, leaving their families behind as they risked their lives for all of us. in these past ten years, 58 knew. citizens made the ultimate sacrifice. one of my most humbling and moving dutities has been to represent the people of new hampshire to the families of the fallen, to offer the heartfelt thanks of a grateful state. i have had the tremendous honor of learning about the lives, joys, and the loves of the people behind the uniforms. meeting their parents, their wives, and their children, the people who in the words of abraham lincoln, have laid a sacrifice on the altar of freedom. please stand and join with me in a moment of silence for our fallen. >> thank you very much. i am proud to serve as commander in chief of the new hampshire national guard. whether they are responding here at home to a flood or ice st

. >> i also want to recognize ray wieczorek, thank you for all your service to manchester. [applause] this fall, american combat troops left iraq after more than ten years. countless new hampshire citizens have served in the support of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, leaving their families behind as they risked their lives for all of us. in these past ten years, 58 knew. citizens made the ultimate sacrifice. one of my most humbling and moving dutities has been to represent the people of new hampshire to the families of the fallen, to offer the heartfelt thanks of a grateful state. i have had the tremendous honor of learning about the lives, joys, and the loves of the people behind the uniforms. meeting their parents, their wives, and their children, the people who in the words of abraham lincoln, have laid a sacrifice on the altar of freedom. please stand and join with me in a moment of silence for our fallen. >> thank you very much. i am proud to serve as commander in chief of the new hampshire national guard. whether they are responding here at home to a flood or ice st