courage and selfless service i had the privilege of recognizing by awarding her a medal at the truman foundation in 2006. a mother of three in the u.s. army reserves, she had served our nation for nearly 20 years in a variety of roles in transportation and personnel units. she was gravely wounded in her second deployment to iraq in early 2004 when an improvised explosive device blasted into her humvee. seeing the bomb a split second before it went off, she jumped across the vehicle to try to pull her gunner down and inside. he was okay. however, she sustained severe injuries, including shrapnel throughout her body, the loss of part of her right arm and a femur broken in three places. master sergeant milligan's subsequent recovery was truly inspirational, as she endured countless surgeries, four hours of therapy each day and the pain that accompanied her efforts to regain the use of her right hand. she was finally able to stand for the first time just before thanksgiving the year after being wounded. and despite all of her challenges, despite the injuries and pain, she was described by one who kn

is a citizen servant, chairman of the national democratic institute, president of the truman scholarship foundation, on the boards of council on foreign relations, the aspen institute, the center for american progress. third, i'd like to call out the founder of carolina forcube forcubera rybarkhardt. he wrote an amazing book that some of you are familiar with, "it happened on the way to war." he co-founded carolina for kabera, a nongovernmental organization to prevent ethnic and gender violence in nairobi while serving in the united states marine corps. he's a graduate of the university of north carolina chapel hill. went to business school at harvard, where he was a rental social entrepreneurial fellow. he lives in charlotte, north carolina w his wife and daughter and among other things, works in duke energy sustainability department as a special adviser to the chairman. i'd like to invite out sadik sadika basiria saline, the director of the learning center in afghanistan. she wins the prize for having to work the hardest to get here, and to do what she does. when she was 5, sadika fled to pakista

she is a citizen servant, chair of the national democratic institute president of the truman scholarship foundation, on the boards of the aspen institute, the center for american progress. third, i would like to call out the founder of carolina -- rye barcott. [applause] he wrote an amazing book that some of you are familiar with, on the way to war. he cofounded carolina four berra, non-governmental organization to prevent ethnic and gender violence in nairobi while serving in the united states marine corps. he's a graduate of the university of north carolina at chapel hill. [applause] the kennedy school in the business school at harvard, where he was a reynolds social entrepreneurship fellow. he lives in charlotte, north carolina with his wife and daughter and among other things, works in duke energy sustainable facility department has a as a special adviser to the chairman. i would like to invite sadiqa basiri saleem. [applause] she wins the prize for having worked the hardest to get here, and to do what she does. when she was -- during the soviet occupation and returned to afghanistan hampered b