 We stand here in Vail today and across Brabant this week and remember it's not only of our past but mindful of our present because it's for places like this and for people like you gathered here today that the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division fought and died some 78 years ago. That the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, air assault, are once again deployed to Europe for the first time since World War II. The soldiers with me this morning are from the Second Brigade Combat Team and the 502nd Infantry Regiment and the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault. We represent just a small contingent of the American Army that finds itself once again in Europe to defend the peace that our World War II heroes worked so hard to secure during the battles that we commemorate here this week. These screaming Eagle soldiers represent our ironclad commitment to the North Atlantic Tree Organization. They represent a legacy of service that started here in Europe and continued in Vietnam and through the Middle East and Central Asia. They represent the very best that America can send in a time of crisis. Freedom does not lie on the street. You cannot just pick it up. We are proud to stand alongside you and the rest of our allies and partners just as you stood alongside us in Afghanistan and Iraq in the years following in taxes September 11th.