Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Listen, weve got to get going. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Heres the way i see it and the country should see, it that the people have spoken, and we respect the majesty of the democratic system. I was just told that president clinton he ran a strong campaign, i wish him well in the white house and i want the country to know that our entire administration will work closely with his team to ensure this mid transition of power. There is important work to be done and america must always come first. So we will get behind this new president and wish him well. And all who voted for, us voted for, me here, especially here, but all across the country, thank you for your support. And we have fought the good fight and we have kept the faith and i believe i have held the honor of the presidency of the United States. [applause] now i ask that we stand behind our new president , and regardless of o
Elect. Up next, Democrat John kerry concedes defeat on the 2004 president ial election, he lost to george w. Bush who won a second term, the event took place in boston. [applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, you just have no idea how warming and generous that welcome is, your love is, your affection. Im gratified by it. I am sorry that we got here a little bit late and a little bit short. Earlier today, i spoke to president bush and offered him and laura our congratulations on their victory. We had a good conversation. We talked about the danger of division in our country, and the needs, the desperate need, for unity for finding the common ground, coming together. Today i hope that we can begin the healing. [applause] in america, it is vital that every vote counts and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters not by a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance
Captioning performed by vitac captioning performed by vitac whp when we are divided we ourselves. Whr when we join our has and build our families and community and country, america always wins. What we need to do is to do the work of america the way we seek to do the work of raising our children and doing our work and supporting our religious institutions and community institutions. If we would simply be americans, the way we seek to live in all of our other roles, there is no stopping america. Our best days are still ahead. So when we look into our hearts and ask whats right for our children, set aside differences and build on shared values of faith and family and work, when we roll up our sleeves, america always wins. My fellow americans, america is going to keep winning these next four years. Let me say as all of you here from my native state know, ive lived this. Theres no person in america who has been given more gifts than i have. There is no person in america tonight who feels m
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Marshall, who became a virginian, like dr. Esper. He spent the majority of his life in the armed service, the u. S. Military academy at west point. He continued through his carrier in the Army Active Guard reserve, service to the white house, service to this body. In fact, dr. Esper has seen it all as an active guard and reserve member. Work in the private sector, think tanks on National Security policy, service to house and senate committees, service to individual senators, and service to republican administrations. You are familiar with his biography, but i wanted to share two instances of working with dr. Esper, which has led me to the conclusion he is the person of character who should lead the department. One of the first phone calls i received after introduced legislation to address challenges with the and with the unacceptably high Unemployment Rate of Military Spouses was from then secretary esper. He thanked me for the legislation, and talked about his own concern about this a