美国总统电台演说 2009-11-14

　　美国总统电台演说 2009-11-14

　　Prepared Remarks of President

　　Barack Obama

　　Weekly Address

　　Saturday, November 14th, 2009

　　This was a week for honoring the extraordinary service and profound sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.

　　Every fall, we set aside a special day to pay tribute to our veterans. But this year, Veteran’s Day took on even greater poignancy and meaning because of the tragic events at Fort Hood.

　　On Tuesday, I traveled there to join with the Fort Hood community, the Army, and the friends and families of the victims to honor thirteen of our fellow Americans who died – and the dozens more who were wounded – not on some distant shore, but on a military base at home.

　　Every man and woman who signs up for military service does so with full knowledge of the dangers that could come – that is part of what makes the service of our troops and veterans so extraordinary. But it’s unthinkable that so many would die in a hail of gunfire on a US Army base in the heart of Texas, and that a fellow service-member could have pulled trigger.

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