Senate Proceeding on Apr 14th, 2011 :: 1:05:05 to 1:08:09
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Jerry Moran: recognized. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you. i am a firm believer that an individual can make a difference. i am a firm believer that what happens in washington, d.c., is important in what goes on in our nation's history and what goes on in the country. but the reality is that we change the world one person at a time. that individual is how we make life better. earlier this week on tuesday

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Speech By: Jerry Moran

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Jerry Moran: morning i was on the national mall he near the world war ii memorial. and i was there for the dedication of a plague honoring an individual that made a tremendous difference in the lives of many and made a tremendous difference in the life of our nation. it was the moment in which a plaque was unveiled recognize

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Jerry Moran: senator bob dole h.r. his contribution, in fact his efforts and leadership in seeing that the world war ii memorial was built. and clear from those who spoke and from what i know of the subject, the world war ii memorial would not be available for us as a nation today in the absence of that individual, bob dole, who led the efforts.

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Jerry Moran: there are many things in bob dole's career here in washington, d.c., as a member of this body, of the united states senate, that we can heap accolades upon him. but certainly one of the things that i know he is most proud of and certainly one of the things that i and the american people are most grateful for is his

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Jerry Moran: efforts to recognize the 16 million americans who served their country in world war ii. there are only about 2.5 million americans 0 who served in world war ii now living, and we lose hundreds of them to last week i was at the world war ii memorial with kansas world

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Jerry Moran: war ii ven veterans w welcoming an honor flight, ii veterans from my home state, thank you for their service to our country. the world war ii memorial is a magnificent tribute to the sacrifice that many have made before us. i sa world war ii memorial. it serves its purpose. i saw it before it was ever

1:06:56 to 1:07:16( Edit History Discussion )

Jerry Moran: dedicated and i put my walking shoes on, walk down to the world war ii memorial a few days before the official ceremony back in 2004. and i saw the place that says "kansa camp canians. can -- and i thought about kansans.

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Jerry Moran: i thought of my own dad. i tell the story because the world war ii memorial served its purpose. i walked away from the memorial, used my cell phone to call my dad back home in plainville, kansas, and to -- from a -- from a son's point of view, i unfortunately got the answer

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Jerry Moran: machine and conveyed the emergency to my dad, "dad, i'm at the world war ii member yavment i respect you. i thank you for your srvetion and i love you." it's something that sons don't often say to their parents, but it's something that we as americans, something that the world war ii memorial brings out in us, not just to our parents but to all world war ii

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Jerry Moran: veterans. we respect you, we thank you for your service and we love you. we had the opportunity on tuesday to pay tribute to a special world war ii veteran, bob dole.