I couldn't decide if we should write today about the great national security speech Sen. Kerry gave yesterday at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, yesterday's Keith Olbermann interview with Richard Clark (national security expert in the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations) in which Clark commented on fear and the 2004 election, or the medals ceremony celebrating the service of the late Armit Tilgner of Norwood, Mass.
The speech at Tufts was fantastic, at times funny but also critically important, and the Senator spent about an hour afterwards answering questions from the crowd. The Clark interview was insightful, and touched on the reason for Sen. Kerry's loss in '04. Hopefully, we'll find some time to talk about both soon. But the medals ceremony, captured by JKMediaSource, is truly touching, and really has to be seen.
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Chief Warrant Officer Armit Tilgner's daughter Helen and his two grandsons, Sgt. Jason Kendrick and Specialist Jerrod Kendrick, both serving like their grandfather before them, spoke at the ceremony before Sen. Kerry, who described his own part in the event as a 'privilege', and not a duty.
Senator Kerry also had the honor of welcoming home the 180 soldiers of the 972nd MP Unit on Sunday at Faneuil Hall.
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The ceremonies are an important part of what Sen. Kerry does to honor our veterans, as is the legislation he's sponsored through the years to help our service members and their families.
As a veteran, Senator Kerry has a close relationship and a great affinity for our men and women in uniform in Massachusetts and across our country. He's been a champion for their issues throughout his career, and will continue to do so in his next term. Despite the misleading rhetoric of his opponent, there is no greater friend to our active duty service men and women and veterans who have sacrificed so much for us than John Kerry.
