r >> thank you very much. thank you very, very much. thank you all. thank you all so very, very much for being here. to my wife and to our children, grace and tara, and william and jack, to my mother, barbara o'malley, and my dad who i know is here in spirit, and my brothers and sisters, and to joe and barbara, monsignor burke, reverend hill, rabbi, lieutenant governor anthony brown, and his beautiful family, anthony, thank you for the leadership you have given maryland. you are steady, move report has been an aspiration -- has been an inspiration to all of us and i thank you. to senator mikulski, thank you for your leadership, your friendship, your kind introduction, and your poetry. to senator cardin, senator sarbanes, to congressman cummings, congressman roethlisberger, congresswoman edwards, congressman harris, governor hughes, governor mandel, judge bell, to the county executives to the county commissioners, to the mayors of maryland, to president miller, to speaker bush and the men and women of the maryland general assembly, attorney general, treasurer, members of our national guard, and armed forces, and the many courageous veterans who are joining us