our men and women come home and when they potentially go into civilian life that they've got a strong economy, that their kids have good schools, that they can send their kids to college, that they get the veterans benefits they had so richly earned and deserve. you know that would be a good way for us to express the thanks for the sacrifices they consistently make. >> i met yesterday the widow of a general. she would like the memory of her husband to be preserved by a sustainable afghanistan that is secure. the 2,215 americans that have died must not die in vain. they must leave behind the legacy of a stable afghanistan,