Watch Live: Trump speaks at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day
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[0:06] As we salute our veterans, let us also
[0:09] express our profound love and
[0:10] appreciation for our military families,
[0:14] past and present. They are amazing.
[0:16] Thank you very much.
[0:24] and they are really among the very best
[0:28] of our nation. We're honored to be
[0:31] joined as well by the first lady of the
[0:34] United States. Thank you very much.
[0:40] Thank you.
[0:45] The Secretary of War, Peter Haggath,
[0:56] I had a feeling that was going to
[0:57] happen. He's done a fantastic job and he
[1:00] loves you and he protects you. He's all
[1:03] about you.
[1:04] Secretary of Veterans Affair with a 92%
[1:09] approval rating. The job he's doing,
[1:10] that's pretty good. Maybe we'll get it
[1:12] up to a hundred pretty soon. Doug. Doug
[1:14] Collins. Thank you, Doug. What a job.
[1:22] It's about 50 points higher than his
[1:24] predecessor. I must tell you that's a
[1:26] big difference. Many members of my
[1:28] cabinet, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
[1:30] Staff, General Dan Kaine, who's
[1:33] fantastic. Thank you very much, General.
[1:36] Thank you.
[1:40] and representatives of our amazing
[1:43] veteran service organizations and the
[1:45] countless members of the United States
[1:48] Armed Forces who are with us today.
[1:51] Thank you all. We really respect and
[1:53] appreciate you. Thank you all.
[1:59] To inherit a free nation is among the
[2:02] rarest blessings that any people in
[2:04] history have ever known. To defend that
[2:07] freedom is among the hardest and highest
[2:10] obligations, one of the most difficult
[2:12] tasks imaginable.
[2:15] Across every generation, American
[2:17] liberty has been preserved by legions of
[2:20] selfless patriots who have raised their
[2:22] right hands and sworn an oath of fles