to walter reed last year and it was my honor the pin a purple heart on him. he lost both legs, but working hard to recover and he is leer today ready to ride. cory, you are an inspiration. ted wade is here. right there. after sustaining multiple injuries in iraq, ted s docker or thes did not think he would survive. he persevered and he pulled through, and i was honored that ted and his wife sarah joined me last year when i signed legislation for veterans and caregivers. i m pleased that ted and sarah are back with us today because i can report that starting next week our veterans and wounded warriors and caregivers are start applying for the support that you need and deserve. we will get this done, and we are very proud of that. [ applause ] as sarah once said of ted, just like he needed a team in the
and to relearn in some cases the simple things that are the true pleasures of life, dancing with your spouse or holding your children. and in many ways, this might have been the toughest battle they have ever fought. but i want all of you to know something, you inspire me. you inspire everybody here. michelle and i treasure the moments we have had with some of you and your families. corporal nicolas eddinger is here. where is nicolas? right there, right in the middle. he was one of the special guests when michelle and i hosted a special dinner for military leaders at the white house. he was serving in afghanistan when an ied blast cost hmm one of his legs, but he is here today as part of his journey to recovery, and i want to just welcome nicolas back. private first class cory kent. where is cory? he is right there. i met cory in one of my visits
yeah, and i will ask, but again, there is no point in trying to tease out all of these details about an operation that we have provided a great number of details on, and which, again, is the kind of operation that elements of which need to be protected for obvious reasons. jay, can you say that with certainty that bin laden s hideout would have been found without the enhanced interrogation techniques that were done under the bush administration? i can say with certainty that no single piece of information with the exception of the address of the compound was vital to this was singularly vital to this, because we are talking about tiny bits of information that were compiled by competent professionals over 9 1/2 year, and it is impossible to know if one piece of information came from one source and corroborated in another way, and if, you know, which thread held the cloth together with the exception of the location over the compound, and i would simply note that has only