they are part of a great american heritage. here s our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. reporter: president trump today firmly shot down the idea of changing the names of military bases named after confederate generals, tweeting, quote, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. in case anybody missed his tweets, he dispatched his press secretary to read his words aloud. these monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great american heritage and a history of winning, victory and freedom. reporter: it comes just after the army announced, the secretary of defense and the secretary of the army are open to a bipartisan discussion on the topic. around the country, signs of the confederacy are coming down. now nascar is announcing a ban on confederate flags at all events. tonight, racing star bubba wallace s car will bear the words black lives matter. there are ten u.s. army bases named
pri pride, to be able to be a soldier s daughter, a soldier s daughter, a soldier s wife, mother is an honor. not everyone is able to pick up an uniform. and he wasn t forced. something within him, his connection to god drove him to want to serve our country and not just from a desk job in america. he wanted to be where the action was. he wanted to be where he felt he could make the best impact, have the greatest cause or the greatest chance of making progress, helping other people, and our children know that. you know, it s interesting to think three weeks ago their father was killed, but their entire lives he s been in public service. our daughter megan, our son lincoln, this is their fourth deployment, too. brent was already a soldier when they were born. they ve been born into this great american heritage.
beautiful. beautiful. strong women, strong women. i m sorry, fellas. stronger than the men, i m sorry, fellas. strong. they didn t have a lot of money. they didn t have a lot of luxuries. but they all had one thing in common. they loved their families. they loved their country, and they loved their god. [cheers and applause] these courageous patriots did not shed their blood, sweat and tears so we could sit at home while others tried to erase their legacy and destroy our you proud and great american
i m sorry, fellas. stronger than the men, i m sorry, fellas. strong. they didn t have a lot of money. they didn t have a lot of luxuries. but they all had one thing in common. they loved their families. they loved their country, and they loved their god. [cheers and applause] these courageous patriots did not shed their blood, sweat and tears so we could sit at home while others tried to erase their legacy and destroy our you proud and great american heritage. for the sake of our freedom, and
beautiful. strong women, strong women. i m sorry, fellas. stronger than the men, i m sorry, fellas. strong. they didn t have a lot of money. they didn t have a lot of luxuries. but they all had one thing in common. they loved their families. they loved their country, and they loved their god. [cheers and applause] these courageous patriots did not shed their blood, sweat and tears so we could sit at home while others tried to erase their legacy and destroy our you proud and great american