{"id":27707,"date":"2016-11-12T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=27707"},"modified":"2016-11-12T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:28:54","slug":"presidential-weekly-address-honoring-our-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=27707","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Weekly Address: Honoring Our Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Hi, everybody.  This weekend, as we search for ways to bridge our differences, we look to the principles that are more enduring than politics.  And some of the best examples are found in the men and women we saluted yesterday, and every day \u2013 our troops and veterans.  It is the example of young Americans \u2013 our 9\/11 Generation \u2013 who, as first responders ran into smoldering towers, ran to a recruiting center and signed up to serve.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"544\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQceTiBoOEY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is the example of a military that meets every mission, one united team, all looking out for one another, all getting each other\u2019s backs.<\/p>\n<p>It is the example of the single most diverse institution in our country \u2013 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and coastguardsmen who represent every corner of our country, every shade of humanity, immigrant and native-born, Christian, Muslim, Jew, and nonbeliever alike, all forged into common service.<\/p>\n<p>It is the example of veterans \u2013 patriots \u2013 who, when they take off their fatigues, put back on the camouflage of everyday life in America; who become our business partners and bosses, our teachers and coaches, our first responders and city council members and neighborhood role models, all still serving this country we love with the same sense of duty and valor. <\/p>\n<p>Our veterans don\u2019t always go around telling stories of their heroism.  So it is up to us to ask, to listen, to tell those stories for them, and to live in our own lives the values for which they were prepared to give theirs.  It\u2019s up to us to summon some of the courage and humility our veterans show, and to acknowledge that we can never serve them in quite the same they serve us. <\/p>\n<p>But we can try.  We need to keep working to make sure they always get the care and benefits they\u2019ve earned.  We can practice kindness.  We can volunteer, serve, and respect one another.  We can always get each other\u2019s backs.  And we can show how much we love our country by loving our neighbors as ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>To all of you who served and who still do: thank you.  And have a great weekend, everybody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Hi, everybody. This weekend, as we search for ways to bridge our differences, we look to the principles that are more enduring than politics. 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