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Saluting the Green Berets

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    Special Forces honored for 50 years of service

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I -- America's heroes taking out -- most dangerous missions behind enemy lines in order protect our freedom.

They're called the green berets in this group specializing in.

Unconventional warfare was honored last night.

For fifty years of service right here in the Big Apple retired green -- master sergeant Scott -- was the MCI last night's event.

They took his talents to our says thanks so much for his service agreement and thanks for being here thank you first off I want you here you defense was very much a part of the debates -- -- -- -- you were busy watching he would governor Mitt Romney said and -- -- -- resonates -- -- Let's listen.

First life and liberty.

We have a responsibility to protect the lives and liberties of our people and that means a military second to none.

I do not believe in cutting our military I believe in maintaining the strength of America's military.

Meanwhile not only -- cut already.

500 billion dollars looms within the next month over the next ten years how worried are you.

I'm very worried right now a lot of my friends who -- either working for the government or in the military or even contractor supporting the military right now.

Don't really know what the future -- for themselves so they're supporting our our special operators on the very -- of battle.

And they're watching all this conversation about defense spending cuts and and you just worried about how they're gonna protect yourself.

I see that good looking guy behind you would have you've been doing over the last ten years from Afghanistan to Iraq.

-- recently retired in 2010.

Finished up as disarming agent in charge of the interagency task -- special operations.

-- recently returned to Afghanistan as an advisor for Petraeus counterinsurgency.

-- look at that picture to the right that looks vaguely familiar and you told me why go ahead.

Well right behind me which you see on that picture there besides that mustache is we're actually training -- new Iraqi counterterrorism force.

Yes and that was hit you in bin Laden's compound where al-Qaeda does the famous before that.

The famous go to the monkey bars and everything but now.

This is just they are an excellent idea what you see there is if you remember all that you Heidi videos were they pop up out of the ground and he was free everything yeah we do physical fitness that was called tarmac farms and actually -- -- I have.

With me from office Rosalie which bin Laden was mine and for raising funds for terrorism strikes over the last ten years a lot of the work you don't is on -- need to radar we don't know what you're doing.

What should we know about what you guys need.

The special forces the Navy SEALs all -- special operators are quite professionals -- in places that America doesn't understand right now we're at the very beginning.

Am on the edges of of terrorism or stability.

Or anything that the country deems is as important to send special operator to.

Like for example getting redemption for the killers of our ambassador to Navy SEALs and other great American yes we might hear about an operation there.

You would hear about it afterwards immediately special forces soldiers -- training preparing we understand the environment were inserted into the environment.

So it's either were raising additional forces.

Two you know right react to the government or we're doing counterterrorism -- bin Laden's dead.

-- sadly al-Qaeda isn't what you we know about the state of our main enemy army and in and he hasn't stopped.

Even though we wanted to clear on this -- the leadership that they regenerate.

We've killed many many many leaders of al-Qaeda and they continue to go on because there and ideology.

We want to support we you do a lot of people listening and watching -- of what would you do -- we do it.

-- right now you can go and support degree bray foundation a green beret foundation dot board you can make donations we have many events -- partner with the PGA.

We do special shooting events that puts corporate partners with green berets.

Do a lot of things great and take so much for two birdie done mr.

Sargent Scott Neil thanks so much.

Thank you very much great see it a great event last night.

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