the world has been dramatically reduced by this president. we have a problem of weakness. it s centered around the white house. as you go around the world and talk to leaders you ve known throughout your career, they are flat out saying they view the united states under this president as weak. absolutely, sean. you know, we talk about 70 years ago on june 6th. a week from friday, we insided france at normandy, d-day, june 6th, 1944. that was the beginning of the end for the third strike, mark world war ii and tremendous victory leading the free world against noz seegermany. for those 70 years, the united states has indeed been the leader of the world, the nation based in part upon our values but also upon our military
during the christmas break visiting the sacred grounds of sacrifice for a real cause. on the normandy beaches of d-day we stood where americans, brits and canadians mounted the largest, most ambitious and bloodiest amphibious invasion in history. i stood on the deserted, quiet and peaceful omaha beach with a haunting memory on june 6th, 1944, the sand under my feet was red with the blood of americans or my father s generation, who if they survived the constant machine gunfire from nazi gun nests huddled against the seawall and eventually climbed those hills to liberate france and eventually save the world. as we participated in the flag lowering ceremony at end of the day in the american battlefield memorial ceremony at omaha beach, carefully lined crosses represented the thousands for whom sacrifice