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the reason why we greet each other with

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Aloha is because of the real powerful

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meaning of this word that really

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expresses I come to you with respect and

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with an open heart and with love and a

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recognition that no matter where we come

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from or the color of our skin or you

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know how we work or if we worship or how

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we were all of these things it cuts

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right through and recognizes that we're

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all connected we're all brothers and

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sisters all children of God and

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therefore are inspired to treat each

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other with that most deep respect and

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care that inspires us to take action to

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take action to care for one another

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I get asked about the gray that I have

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in my hair here and it

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I started started to go gray during my

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my first deployment and just over the

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years have decided to keep that because

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of the reminder that it brings to me of

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those who pay the price for war the cost

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before you'll never forget

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I I think that I think that is most

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important to make sure that we have the

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right the right people with the right

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qualifications motivated purely by that

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love and care and compassion for others

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in positions of power because ultimately

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when it comes down to it whether you

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have men or women in positions of great

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power and influence if they're driven by

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that hunger for power and desire to hold

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on to it that's where we end up in a

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very very bad place

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the VA is an organization that has a

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mission to protect and to serve the

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needs of our veterans those who go and

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are willing to sacrifice all for our

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country and unfortunately what we're

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seeing is that even after all of these

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years both in the post 9/11 era of

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veterans but also with Vietnam veterans

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Korean War veterans those who have come

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before us the the services are still

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falling short and this area of

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post-traumatic stress I think is one of

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the main areas where that's true there

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continues to be a stigma around this

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whether people are willing to admit it

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or not both within the military and also

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as people of transition back to their

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civilian lives I've experienced it

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through some of my friends who I've

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served with who've come home really

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really struggling and having a hard time

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finding the best place that can that can

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really help them

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this is one of the drivers behind the

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the continued rate of veteran suicide

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that we're seeing in our country and

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shows that we have to take a more

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holistic approach and this is what I

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would lead as president where as a

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veteran I understand in a deeply

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personal way who pays the price for war

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and how heavy that price is and will

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ensure that our VA leaves no veteran

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behind that every single veteran gets

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the care that they need and as we look

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at post-traumatic stress there are many

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different levels of how it impacts

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people on a whole spectrum some very

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very extreme situation some may be less

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extreme but every person heals and finds

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their therapy and and their path forward

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in a different way and as a VA as a

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government as a society we need to be

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able to help support that

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we're still working on putting together

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kind of on paper in each of these areas

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what my vision for the kinds of changes

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that we'd need to see as a presidential

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platform these are issues that I've been

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closely involved with and working on

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with legislation in Congress both

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co-sponsoring bills like the aim high

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act and others and bringing voice to you

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know those who are my constituents and

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others in the country who are still not

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being represented you know at the table

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where a lot of these decisions are being

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made

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you