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attitude, you are the one who inspires all of us and make me and alls al the others who ar part of that incredible team, proud to be an american. so thank you. kin that very, very kind of you, jen. but in fact, i know for a factb that i wouldn t be sitting here were it not for the the actions that no you took that very second,tht as soon as you heard that we had been hit. i know you reached outry secon o kirby. you reached out to jennifer to serve abroad. and i wondered what you thought the second that you that i u thou you howyou that you knew to act so quickly and who you knew to reach out to. andho well, the amazing thing about being in this job here at the pentagon and i ve been here 15 years and i ve also been in the field and there haven unfor unfortunately been with colleagues who were beth colleagues who were to being injured or killed. so my reaction, i think, likes o many people have done this for many years, my reactionsears, , i didn t really think i went right into act
further than that. walmart ceo doug mcmillan issued a striking statement calling on congress to ban many semiautomatic rifles that americans have, as well as to seize firearms from some americans who have not been convicted of t a crime or even charged with anything. a for a company that operates primarily in rural america, all of this was a big step. how do rural americans feel about it? we can only guess at that, there s not a lot of polling i going on in two.montana or roxbury maine. but we do know that in the most expensive parts of new york city and washington and los angeles, all the smart people were deeply impressed, they love walmart now. good for walmart for doing this. if these weapons of war. may be what s actually happening is walmart is listening to its own customers and listening to the american people who want changes not only in the stores, but in society. you have business and you have business being able to actb in more agile way the government does. at least