Posted on 12/08/2016 7:53:34 PM PST by Mariner
Full Title: John Kelly, Trump’s Homeland Security pick, gave a remarkable speech 4 days after his son died serving in Afghanistan
On Veterans Day in 2010, inside an unremarkable hotel ballroom in St. Louis, Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, delivered what the Washington Post described as “a passionate and at times angry speech about the military’s sacrifices and its troops’ growing sense of isolation from society.”
That he was able to speak at all was remarkable. Four days earlier, Kelly’s 29-year-old son, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Michael Kelly, stepped on a land mine while leading a patrol in southern Afghanistan. He was killed instantly.
John Kelly, President-elect Donald Trump’s reported pick for Homeland Security chief, never spoke of his fallen son by name during the speech to the Semper Fi Society that he had committed to give long before his son’s death. According to the Post, the elder Kelly made one request to the officer who introduced him: “Please don’t mention my son.”
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Hell, I'll say right now he's the best pick for POTUS in 2024.
I wish he were Secretary of State!
Trump has brought some first-rate Marine Generals into his administration.
He’s just bringing superb talent. All around.
The best talent in America.
On Sat. November 13, 2010 at the Hyatt Under the Arch in St Louis, MO,
Lt Gen John Kelly delivered a speech to a packed house that would
become one of the most memorable moments in the lives of everyone in the room.
Just 4 days after his son, 1st Lt Robert Kelly, was killed in action in Afghanistan,
General Kelly came to St. Louis to address the crowd gathered there
to celebrate the birth of the United States Marine Corps.
15 minutes each:
Part 1 of Lt Gen John Kelly speech
(Kelly is introduced at 7:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu-NuYEh7fo
Part 2 of Lt Gen John Kelly speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nqh6I6sECE
As DHS chief he’ll have more power and a bigger budget.
BTTT
Trump’s picks are great...if I am disappointed with a pick it would be Linda McMahon for SBA.
I'm just sitting and chuckling as I hear about those Marines while I contemplate the numbers of Retirement, Request for Transfer or Resignation letters must be coming out of the Federal "workforce" in anticipation of the Judgement Day coming at 'em.
Wow! Thanks so much for posting!!!!!
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