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We live in a proud nation, one flush with opportunity and prosperity,

and filled with a robust generation of Americans who have valiantly fought for their right to party.

But believe it or not, there was a generation before

this generation that fought for something far greater,

the right to party in Europe.

And this Memorial Day, they were

honored by none other than President George

W. Bush, who placed a w.

A w. Knowner bestowed upon Bush, not for his war record,

but because he himself knows so very little.

It is not in our nature to seek out wars and conflicts.

But whenever they have come,

when adversaries have left us no alternative.

American men and women have stood ready to take the risks and to pay the ultimate price.

Bush knows.

He paid the ultimate price during Vietnam,

a weekend a month in the Texas Air National Guard

that he'll never get back.

Bush also signed legislation to construct a World War II monument at a controversial site in the middle of the national mall.

It is my huge honor to set my name on this bill, ordering construction of a monument that will stand for the ages.

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