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Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery Weekly Address July 10, 2010
Last weekend, on the Fourth of July, Michelle and I welcomed some of our extraordinary military men and women and their families to the White Hou. They were just like the thousands of active duty personnel and veterans I’ve met across this country and around the globe. Proud. Strong. Determined 1 . Men and women with the courage to answer their country’s call, and the character to rve the United States of America. Becau of that rvice; becau of the honor and heroism 2 of our troops around the world; our people are safer, our nation is more cure, and we are poid 3 to（信誓旦旦，准备就绪） end our combat mission in Iraq by the end of August, completing a drawdown of more than 90,000 troops since last January. Still, we are a nation at war. For the better part of a decade, our men and women in uniform have endured tour after tour in distant and dangerous places. Many have risked their lives. Many have given their lives. And as a grapractid
hlod>tuition什么意思teful nation, humbled 4 by their rvice, we can never honor the American heroes or their families enough. Just as we have a solemn responsibility to train and equip our troops before we nd them into harm’s way, we have a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors 6 with the care and benefits they’ve earned when they come home. That is our sacred trust with all who rve – and it doesn’t end when their tour of duty does. To keep that trust, we’re building a 21st century VA, increasing its budget, and ensuring the steady stream of funding it needs to support medical care for our veterans. To help our veterans and their families pursue a college education, we’re funding and implementing 7 the post-9/11 GI Bill. To deliver better care in more places, we’re expanding and increasing VA health care, building new wounded warrior 5 facilities, and adapting care to better meet the needs of female veterans. To stand with tho who sacrifice, we’ve dedicated 8 new support for wounded warriors and the caregivers who put their lives on hold for a loved one’s long recovery. And to do right by our vets 9 （审查，诊疗） , we’re working to prevent and end veteran homelessness – becau in the United States of America, no one who rved in our uniform should sleep 2012年中考
acheon our streets. We also know that for many of today’s troops and their families, the war doesn’t end when they come home. Too many suffer from the signature injuries of today’s wars: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 11 and Traumatic Brain Injury. And too few receive the screening and treatment they need. Now, in past wars, this wasn’t something America always talked about. And as a result, our troops and their families often felt stigmatized 12 （受非难的） or embarrasd when it came to eking help. Today, we’ve made it clear up and down the chain of command that folks should ek help if they need it. In fact, we’ve expanded mental health counling and rvices for our vets. But for years, many veterans with PTSD who have tried to ek benefits – veterans of today’s wars and earlier wars – have often found themlves stymied 13 （完全妨碍，从中作乱） . They’ve been required to produce evidence proving that a specific event caud their PTSD. And that practice has kept the vast majority of tho with PTSD who rved in non-combat roles, but who still waged war, from getting the care they need. Well, I don’t think our troops on the battlefield should have to take notes to keep for a claims application. And I’ve met enough veterans to know that you don’t ha
宁波学校>木村拓哉pricelessve to engage in a firefight to endure the trauma 10 （创伤） of war. So we’re changing the way things are done. On Monday, the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by Secretary Ric Shinki, will begin making it easier for a veteran with PTSD to get the benefits he or she needs. This is a long-overdue step that will help veterans not just of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, but generations of their brave predecessors 14 （前任） who proudly rved and sacrificed in all our wars. It’s a step that proves America will always be here for our veterans, just as they’ve been there for us. We won’t let them down. We take care of our own. And as long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, that’s what we’re going to keep doing. Thank you.
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