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00:00:02MANDATORY EDUCATION.
00:00:04IT'S ALL THESE THINGS WE DO TOGETHER.
00:00:08SO I CAN'T LOOK THE OTHER WAY. I THINK YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO'S HAVING A
00:00:12HARD A LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. YOU'RE WORKING HERE TO FIGHT,
00:00:15BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. IT ISN'T ABOUT PARTY.
00:00:19IT'S ABOUT SPECIAL INTERESTS,
00:00:21WEALTH THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN, PLAYBOOKS BEING CREATED BY
00:00:24PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE STATE.
00:00:27THEY PUMP THEIR IDEAS THROUGH
00:00:30OUR STATE HOUSES FOR STUFF NO
00:00:32ONE WOULD VOTE FOR.
00:00:36THAT'S WHY OUR STATE HOUSE IS SO CROWDED, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED,
00:00:39BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THIS RACE
00:00:40THE TOSSUP RACE, BUT WE REALLY
00:00:44HAVE A CHANCE TO BREAK THE SUPER
00:00:47MAJORITY, AND PEOPLE LISTENING MIGHT NOT KNOW, WE HAVE THE MOST
00:00:49CORRUPT STATE HOUSE IN THE
00:00:52COUNTRY, $60 BILLION BRIBE SCANDAL, IF YOU REMEMBER, AND NO
00:00:56WONDER OUR ENERGY COSTS ARE GOING UP, RIGHT?
00:00:59>> WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THIS TO GO LIVE TO REMARKS FROM DEFENSE
00:01:03SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH, SPEAKING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT A CEREMONY
00:01:06TO RENAME JOINT BASE CHARLESTON
00:01:12IN HONOR OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. LIVE COVERAGE HERE ON C-SPAN.
00:01:16>> THANK YOU, SECRETARY BESSENT. IT IS MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
00:01:19GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HENRY MCMASTER,
00:01:23TO THE PODIUM.
00:01:30>> I'M FOR YOU.
00:01:35I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT WE
00:01:38NAME IMPORTANT THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE.
00:01:42IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW TO
00:01:46ASK WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHO WAS THIS MAN?
00:01:50WHO WAS THIS WOMAN?
00:01:51WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:01:55WE PUT THEIR NAME ON THIS
00:01:57MONUMENT, ON THIS PEDESTAL, ON THIS BUILDING.
00:02:00IN THIS COUNTRY, TODAY, FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR
00:02:04NO UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWLEDGE
00:02:06ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO BUILD OUR
00:02:09GREAT, UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, COUNTRY.
00:02:13IT TOOK SACRIFICE. IT TOOK FLOOD.
00:02:17AND NO STATE HAS GIVEN MORE BLOOD AND MORE SACRIFICE AND NO
00:02:21MORE SONS THAN OUR STATE, THE
00:02:24STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:02:28LINDSEY KNEW THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WHAT
00:02:31INSPIRED HIM. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HE
00:02:35DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM.
00:02:38SOME PEOPLE SERVE THEIR COUNTRY IN A SUIT.
00:02:40OTHERS SERVE IT IN UNIFORM.
00:02:43OTHERS SERVE IT IN CASUAL CLOTHES.
00:02:46LINDSEY SERVED IN ALL THREE.
00:02:48HE MADE THIS STATE, HIS COUNTRY
00:02:51AND HIS PEOPLE PROUD. OUR STATE'S GOT A LONG HISTORY,
00:02:55UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
00:02:58FROM THE DAY JUNE 28, 1776, FROM
00:03:01THE SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS
00:03:03REPELLED THE BRITISH NAVY AT THE
00:03:07BATTLE OF SULLIVANS ISLAND,
00:03:08UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL
00:03:14WILLIAM. HE NOW HAS HIS NAME ON THAT POST.
00:03:17THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN, WHERE MORE
00:03:22YOUNG MEN, BIGGEST LOSS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
00:03:26KING'S MOUNTAIN IN 1780, 1781,
00:03:31AND GENERAL WAR SHIPS CARRYING
00:04:07TROOPS AND OTHERS OUT OF
00:04:09CHARLTON HARBOR ON DECEMBER 14, 1782.
00:04:13SOUTH CAROLINA HAS GIVEN HER
00:04:15ALL, AND UP TO THIS PRESENT
00:04:18MOMENT, WHEN SHE'S GIVEN US LIFE
00:04:21OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. I DON'T KNOW IF LINDSEY WAS EVER
00:04:25IN COMBAT, BUT HE WAS CLOSE TO
00:04:28IT, AND HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT ENTAILED.
00:04:31HE PROBABLY HAD BEEN AROUND THE WORLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE
00:04:34FROM OUR STATE LATELY.
00:04:38AND CLEARLY HE HAD THE SPIRIT
00:04:40AND STRENGTH OF ALL TRUE WARRIORS.
00:04:43HE WOULD NOT QUIT.
00:04:44AND FROM TIME TO TIME, HE BURIED
00:04:49HIS -- HE BARED HIS FANGS WHEN NECESSARY. WHY DID HE DO IT?
00:04:52HE DID IT FOR US. SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, THIS
00:04:55POOR BOY FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN
00:04:57SOUTH CAROLINA, AS HE CALLED
00:05:01HIMSELF, WAS ONE OF THE MOST
00:05:03CONSEQUENTIAL MEN OF OUR TIME.
00:05:08HE HAD GIVEN US A PRECIOUS GIFT,
00:05:11A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY,
00:05:16PATRIOTISM, DETERMINATION, AND LAW.
00:05:19IT IS MOST FITTING THAT THIS MOST IMPORTANT PLACE BEAR THE
00:05:22NAME OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. THANK YOU.
00:05:26[APPLAUSE]
00:05:32>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR MCMASTER.
00:05:35IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE SECRETARY OF WAR, THE HONORABLE
00:05:39PETE HEGSETH, TO THE PODIUM FOR
00:05:40HIS REMARKS.
00:05:50>> SENATOR, GOVERNOR, MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR HITCHING A RIDE WITH US THIS
00:05:54MORNING.
00:05:55THE SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ALL
00:05:59PATRIOTS, AND HE IS A PATRIOT OF
00:06:00THE HIGHEST ORDER AND LOVES OUR
00:06:04MILITARY. SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM DEDICATED
00:06:08HIS LIFE TO SERVING THIS STATE AND SERVING THE ARMED FORCES OF
00:06:11THE UNITED STATES. HE SERVED THIS NATION BOTH IN
00:06:14UNIFORM AND IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AS EVERYONE HERE
00:06:18KNOWS. BUT IN BOTH CAPACITIES, IT WAS
00:06:20ALWAYS THE SAME MISSION.
00:06:22HE KNEW THE TIME WAS TRUE THAT
00:06:25TOEN SURE PEACE, WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR WAR.
00:06:29PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE. PROTECT YOUR STATE.
00:06:31PROTECT YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, OR YOU WILL LOSE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
00:06:36WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU.
00:06:39LINDSEY SPENT HIS FINAL YEARS
00:06:40TAKING ON A READY CAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY THAT HAD RUN RAMPANT IN
00:06:44THE MEDIA, IN ACADEMIA, AND EVEN
00:06:46AMONG A FEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
00:06:49A HARD LEFT DECLARED WAR ON OUR
00:06:51OWN MILITARY.
00:06:54THIS NATION SPENT 45 YEARS FIGHTING COMMUNISM IN THE COLD
00:06:58WAR. AND THAT WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
00:07:00NOW IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REALITY OF
00:07:03WHAT COMMUNISM LOOKS LIKE.
00:07:05IT STARTS UP WITH PROMISES AND
00:07:08IT ENDS IN PRISON.
00:07:11THE PROMISE IS HEAVEN, BUT DELIVERS HELL. SENATOR GRAHAM STOOD UP AGAINST
00:07:15THAT RADICAL, WOKE IDEOLOGY THAT
00:07:18KILLED OUR MILITARY RECRUITING. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THEY COULDN'T
00:07:22EVEN HIT RECRUITING GOALS. YOUNG PATRIOTS DIDN'T WANT TO
00:07:24SERVE UNDER THESE WOKE SO-CALLED LEADERS.
00:07:27BUT INSTEAD OF RAISING
00:07:29STANDARDS, THEY LOWERED GOALS.
00:07:32PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALONGSIDE SENATOR GRAHAM, THAT HE WOULD
00:07:36REBUILD THE MILITARY. HE PROMISED HE WOULD MAKE OUR
00:07:38FORCES STRONGER THAN EVER AND
00:07:40THAT HE WOULD RUN THOSE RADICALS OUT OF THE PENTAGON.
00:07:44AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE AND WE HAD DONE.
00:07:48IN THIS NEW GOLDEN AGE OF
00:07:49AMERICA, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HAD
00:07:52NO STRONGER ALLY IN CONGRESS THAN COLONEL LEFT HAND SEE
00:07:56GRAHAM. LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:07:59IT FALLS TO US TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM BEGAN
00:08:03AND ADVOCATED FOR FOR DECADES.
00:08:05AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY, THE WAR
00:08:07DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING A HISTORIC
00:08:10GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT OF $1.5
00:08:12TRILLION FOR AMERICA'S WARRIORS.
00:08:15AND LINDSEY HIMSELF SAID TO ME,
00:08:18IN HIS OFFICE, THIS IS THE BEST
00:08:20MILITARY BUDGET I'VE SEEN SINCE
00:08:22I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS, END QUOTE.
00:08:26THIS DEPARTMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO
00:08:29LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE NAMING OF THIS BASE.
00:08:32BUT THERE COULD BE NO GREATER TRIBUTE THAN CONGRESS TO GIVE
00:08:35THAN TOEN VEST IN OUR WARRIORS
00:08:37FOR THE FULL $1.5 TRILLION.
00:08:40MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
00:08:47FULLY FUNDING OUR WARRIORS WOULD BE ONE LAST GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
00:08:51FOR COLONEL LINDSEY GRAHAM AND A
00:08:53MAJOR PART OF HIS LEGACY.
00:08:55AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE HERE AND AROUND THE
00:08:58WORLD TO INSPIRE AIRMEN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND I SAY
00:09:02AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE AS WE
00:09:05MENTIONED, NOW WHEN THEY LAND IN
00:09:09FAR-FLUNG PLACES. THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER THAT NAME.
00:09:13SOUTH CAROLINIANS GROW ONE STORIES OF LEGENDARY WARRIORS
00:09:17FROM THIS STATE, WARRIORS LIKE THE SWAMP BOX, FRANCES MARION,
00:09:20WHO HELPED WIN OUR FREEDOM AT
00:09:24YORKTOWN. LIKE LIEUTENANT SHAW, A PIE LOOT WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN WORLD WAR
00:09:28I. OR GENERAL MCINTYRE, WHO SPENT
00:09:30HIS FINAL MOMENTS SAVING INNOCENT LIVES. OR HOW ABOUT JUST A FEW WEEKS
00:09:34AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO A MARINE WHO FOUGHT
00:09:37THE COMMUNIST IN THE JUNGLES OF
00:09:43VIETNAM. HE'S FROM LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. NOW SOUTH CAROLINIANS WILL GROW
00:09:46UP LEARNING ABOUT THE NAMESAKE
00:09:48OF THIS INCREDIBLE JOINT BASE, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:09:52I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I ACTUALLY
00:09:56KNEW HIM FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
00:09:57I WAS TELLING HIS SISTER THAT.
00:10:0119 YEARS AGO, YOUNG LIEUTENANT, FIRST LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH
00:10:05CAME BACK FROM IRAQ, WAS PART OF A VETERANS ORGANIZATION CALLED
00:10:07VETS FOR FREEDOM THAT BELIEVED
00:10:09IN THE SURGE IN IRAN AND
00:10:12ADVOCATING FOR TROOPS ON THE GROUND. WE WERE A YOUNG SCRAPPY VETERANS
00:10:15ORGANIZATION WITH NO MONEY AND NO ACCESS TO CONNECTIONS.
00:10:18THE FIRST AND ONLY SENATOR WILLING TO MEET WITH FIRST
00:10:21LIEUTENANT PETE HEGSETH AND
00:10:26NOWHERE WAS SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM. HE WELCOMED US INTO HIS
00:10:29CONFERENCE ROOM, SAT US DOWN AS A BUNCH OF LIEUTENANTS AND
00:10:33OTHERS AROUND THE TABLE FRESH BACK FROM IRAQ WHO WANTED THE
00:10:36RIGHT STRATEGY, AND I'LL NEVER
00:10:38FORGET HE SAT THERE AND SAID,
00:10:40GENTLEMEN, I CAN'T DO IT, THE
00:10:42ACCENT, BUT IT ALSO EVOLVING
00:10:46INTO A TRUMP ACCENT, WELCOME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STILL SAY
00:10:50THE WORD VICTOR. HE BELIEVES IN MISSION SUCCESS. HE BELIEVES IN THE TROOPS.
00:10:53HE BELIEVES IN GIVING THE TROOPS EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED. AND HE SERVED HIMSELF.
00:10:57IN FACT, A FEW YEARS LATER, CAPTAIN HEGSETH WAS AN
00:11:00INSTRUCTOR AT A BASE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KABUL IN
00:11:03AFGHANISTAN, AND WHO CAME TO VISIT? LEFT HAND SEE GRAHAM.
00:11:07I MENTIONED WE WERE OUT THERE AT THE SCHOOL AND WE COULD GIVE HIM
00:11:10AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE TALIBAN WAS UP TO. SURE ENOUGH, DURING HIS DUTY,
00:11:13THERE HE WAS, JET LAGGED AS ALL
00:11:17HELL. BECAUSE HE HAD A SCHEDULE LIKE NOBODY ELSE.
00:11:20BUT HE WAS THERE TO HEAR FROM US BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT
00:11:23WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.
00:11:26FAST FORWARD, I MENTIONED THE MILITARY BUDGET OF $1.5 TRILLION.
00:11:30THE LAST MEETING I HAD WITH SENATOR GRAHAM WAS ABOUT A WEEK
00:11:32BEFORE HIS PASSING OR SO.
00:11:37AND HE SAID, HE'S THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
00:11:40MR. SECRETARY, WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A RECONCILIATION?
00:11:44I SAID, WITH TOTAL, WE'RE GOING TO NEED $350 BILLION FOR OUR
00:11:47MILITARY. THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE GETS US
00:11:49TO $1.1 TRILLION.
00:11:54$350 BILLION IN RECONCILIATION, AND WE'LL BE READY.
00:11:56HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, HOW'S
00:11:59355 SOUND TO YOU? HE WANTED TO GIVE EVEN MORE THAN 350.
00:12:02HE WANTED TO ENSURE OUR MILITARY
00:12:06WAS AS EQUIPPED AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING OF PLACES LIKE THIS ONE
00:12:09RIGHT HERE.
00:12:10I SAW FIRSTHAND AS A YOUNG FIRST
00:12:13LIEUTENANT, AS A CAPTAIN IN A
00:12:14COMBAT ZONE, AND AS THE
00:12:18SECRETARY, THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF LINDSEY GRAHAM. AND HE KNEW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING
00:12:22TO SEEK PEACE, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WAR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PREPARED MILITARY.
00:12:26HE TALKED THE TALK, AND HE WALKED THE WALK. AND NOW 20 YEARS LATER, THANKS
00:12:30TO HIS HELP IN THE SENATE, THIS ADMINISTRATION IS BREAKING
00:12:33RECRUITING RECORDS, BEATING OUR GOALS, TAKING BACK THE
00:12:37DEPARTMENT FROM THE WOKESTERS, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IRAN
00:12:40NEVER HAS A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
00:12:42EVERY PRESIDENT FOR A QUARTER
00:12:45CENTURY SAID THEY WOULD NOT LET
00:12:47IRAN GET A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT
00:12:51IT, UNTIL PRESIDENT TRUMP AND LEFT HAND SEE GRAHAM WAS RIGHT THERE FOR HIM IN THE SENATE.
00:12:54SO NOW IT FALLS TO US TO CONTINUE SENATOR GRAHAM'S WORK
00:12:57OF BUILDING UP OUR MILITARY. THE HARD WORK OF DEFENDING THIS
00:13:01NATION, AND I KNOW WITH FULL CONFIDENCE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
00:13:05WE WILL DO.
00:13:06WELL DONE, COLONEL GRAHAM.
00:13:09WE HAVE THE WATCH FROM HERE.
00:13:12SO MY FELLOW AMERICANS, IT IS MY
00:13:14HONOR TO SAY WELCOME TO JOINT BASE LINDSEY GRAHAM.
00:13:18MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU.
00:13:21[APPLAUSE]
00:13:28>> THANK YOU, SECRETARY HEGSETH. IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE THE
00:13:32SENATOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE HONORABLE
00:13:35DARLINE GRAHAM, TO THE PODIUM
00:13:36FOR HER REMARKS.
00:13:45>> THANK YOU, AND SECRETARY HEGSETH, I CAN DO LINDSEY'S
00:13:49ACCENT, AND HE WOULD SAY WHAT ARE WE DOING SITTING OUT IN THIS
00:13:52HOT SUN TODAY? THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD SAY.
00:13:55BUT WHAT AN EMOTIONAL AND
00:13:58EXCITING DAY.
00:13:59I WANT TO THANK SECRETARY
00:14:02HEGSETH, SECRETARY BESSENT, AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, GOVERNOR
00:14:06MCMASTER, THANK YOU AS WELL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED TO
00:14:09BE WITH YOU TODAY. WHAT AN HONOR FOR MY BROTHER,
00:14:13AND WHAT A TRIBUTE TO HIS 33
00:14:14YEARS OF SERVICE.
00:14:17LINDSEY LOVED THE AIR FORCE.
00:14:19HE LOVED ITS MISSION.
00:14:23HE LOVED WEARING THE UNIFORM OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS INTEREST IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
00:14:26AND NATIONAL SECURITY STARTED WITH HIS SERVICE IN THE AIR FORCE.
00:14:29MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT LINDSEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BE A PILOT.
00:14:33HE ACTUALLY GOT HIS PILOT'S
00:14:38LICENSE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HE HAD ISSUES WITH HEARING IN ONE
00:14:40EAR, SO HE CHOSE TO BECOME A LAWYER INSTEAD, AND THE REST, OF COURSE, IS HISTORY.
00:14:44IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG TO MAKE
00:14:46A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST AIR FORCE.
00:14:49IN HIS FIRST FEW YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY, HE UNCOVERED SERIOUS
00:14:53PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR FORCE'S DRUG TESTING PROCEDURES.
00:14:56IT EARNED HIM A SPOT ON "60
00:14:58MINUTES," BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
00:15:00HE SAVED THE CAREER OF A PILOT
00:15:03WHO HAD BEEN WRONGLY ACCUSED OF DRUG USE. AFTER THAT, HE WAS SENT TO SERVE
00:15:07IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE IN EUROPE.
00:15:10IT WAS IN A DIVIDED GERMANY THAT
00:15:11HE SAW THE BERLIN WALL AND EVILS
00:15:16OF COMMUNISM BURST IN. HE CARRIED WHAT HE SAW THERE
00:15:18WITH HIM THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
00:15:22LINDSEY LEFT IN 1989 AND CAME
00:15:23HOME TO JOIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
00:15:27WHEN THE GULF WAR CAME IN 1990,
00:15:29HE WAS ACTIVATED TO SUPPORT TROOPS PREPARING TO DEPLOY OUT
00:15:33OF MCINTYRE. WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HE JOINED
00:15:37THE AIR FORCE RESERVES.
00:15:42WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE, HE CONTINUED HIS SERVICE.
00:15:44IN APRIL 2003, HE DID HIS FIRST
00:15:47RESERVE DUTY RIGHT HERE IN CHARLTON.
00:15:50IN 2004, I TRAVELED WITH LINDSEY
00:15:52TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND MET WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN THE
00:15:56OVAL OFFICE.
00:15:59THERE, PRESIDENT BUSH PRESIDED OVER HIS PROMOTION.
00:16:02LINDSEY BECAME THE FIRST MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN DECADES TO SERVE
00:16:05IN AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE WITH
00:16:08DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ AND
00:16:11AFGHANISTAN.
00:16:12IN 2007 WHILE IN IRAQ, COST OF
00:16:17WAR TRULY HIT HOME. LINDSEY SPENT DAYS WORKING ON
00:16:20REBUILD ISSUES WITH THE NAVY
00:16:23COMMANDER. ONE DAY AFTER HE LEFT, HE
00:16:26RECEIVED WORD THAT HE HAD BEEN KILLED BY AN I.U.D.
00:16:30AS LINDSEY PUT IT, BY SOME
00:16:34STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, HE HAD SPENT HIS FINAL DAY WITH HIM.
00:16:37IT TOUCHED LINDSEY DEEPLY. LINDSEY RETIRED AS A COLONEL
00:16:41FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES IN
00:16:43JUNE 2015, NOT BY CHOICE, BUT
00:16:46BECAUSE AIR FORCE POLICY
00:16:49REQUIRED IT HE HAD AGED OUT.
00:16:5033 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE
00:16:54ACROSS ACTIVE DUTY, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AND AIR FORCE
00:16:59RESERVES. IT WAS SOMETIMES HARD TO TELL IF LEFT HAND SEE WAS A SENATOR WHO
00:17:02HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE AIR FORCE OR AN AIR FORCE LAWYER WHO
00:17:05HAPPENED TO SERVE IN THE SENATE.
00:17:09SUCH WAS HIS LOVE FOR BOTH.
00:17:11THAT'S THE MAN HE'S NAMED AFTER.
00:17:13A MAN WHO LOVED HIS COUNTRY, LOVED HIS STATE, AND LOVED THE
00:17:17UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
00:17:19I COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED OR
00:17:22HUMBLED FOR HIM TO BE RECOGNIZED IN SUCH A FASHION FOR HIS
00:17:26LIFETIME OF SERVICE. THANK YOU.
00:17:29[APPLAUSE]
00:17:39>> THANK YOU, SENATOR GRAHAM. IT'S NOW MY HONOR TO INVITE OUR
00:17:43DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND LEADERSHIP TO THE INSULATION
00:17:45SIGN FOR THE UNVEILING.
00:18:16THE MOMENT HAS NOW ARRIVED, WITH THE SHARED VISION FOR THE FUTURE
00:18:20AND DEEP RESPECT FOR OUR PAST TOGETHER, LET US MARK THIS NEW
00:18:23BEGINNING IN 3, 2, 1.
00:18:34[APPLAUSE]
00:18:40>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN
00:18:43CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, AND HAVE A WONDERFUL
00:18:46DAY.
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