And my mom says you give the best hug.

Oh.

Oh, it's Christi.

Good one good.

They're all being good.

Another great crowd.

Good job.

Thank you so much.

First of all, thank you for coming.

And before I ask anything else, I need to ask about your husband. And how is he

doing? Well, my husband, you know, he was a combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan. And several

weeks ago, I dropped him off at 4 a.m. for another year-long deployment. And I will tell you, I watched him and 230 soldiers

pick up their two duffel bags of belongings to load a bus to go to a country they've never been,

all in the name of defending and protecting America.

They are willing to sacrifice their lives and their families because they still believe in this

amazing experiment that is America.

And so I say all the time, if they're willing to fight for us there, shouldn't we be willing

to fight for America here? It matters. And so we have, our family has started the year-long

prayer, prayer that he and his unit will be strong

and effective in their in their duties and prayer that they will come home safe to us amen

this gives me a you an unusual perspective to answer this because the number one question

i've talked to others on stage about has been military

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