and sheila cullen is relentless when it comes to veterans, and thank you so much for your leadership. she knows how many issues we have been involved in an overtime, and she has been a tremendous leader. i want to would knowledge two more people. one is a veteran of the 21st century, serving in the early part of this century. and another one from the 1970's, a veteran from the 1970's. as we acknowledge them, let's have all the veterans who are here on the audience stand so they can be acknowledged. [applause] thank you all for your service to our country. i want to take a couple of moments to tell you why i think this is such a special occasion and a pivotal one. i will be a little personal about it. i said it was a personal pleasure to be at the salvation army. one of the little girl and as a teenager, my father was the mayor of baltimore as first lady, my mother's special charity was the salvation army. we were all so always dressing dolls, ringing bells, having luncheons. i grew up with a very healthy regard for the salvation army and its contribution to our society. thank you to t