I just want to say that I think no matter how you feel about Iraq or any of that situation, you need to pay your respects to our men and women in arms because they're putting their lives on the line every day and they're in harm's way and they deserve our respect - not just when they die but when they're alive.

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Everyone you talk to in his unit say that he was an excellent soldier and he was also very well liked among his comrades, so I get comfort knowing he had two families, us back here on the home front and also the soldiers.

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