2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Nathaniel Flick, American Voices Program

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    Nathaniel Flick
    Democratic National Convention
    Thursday, August 28, 2008
    Remarks as Prepared for Delivery

Good afternoon. I'm Nathaniel Flick. My Marine platoon landed in Afghanistan on a moonlit night in 2001. A little more than a year later, we rolled intoIraq. I'll never forget one dawn after a vicious gun battle. We'd just medevaced one of our wounded Marines, and I turned to see a small American flag hanging from a humvee's antenna. For a second, it reminded me of the line we all know so well: "And our flag was still there."

I registered as a Republican at 18 and voted for John McCain in 2000. It took seven years of hard experience to get me on this stage. But we cannot afford more of the same. That's why we need Barack Obama and Joe Biden to lead us beyond the tired divisions of the past. They have the judgment to make the right decisions, leading our military, and uphold our highest ideals.

Everyone who fought inIraq orAfghanistan has left something: a friend, a limb, a piece of their youth. In those palm groves and on those ridge lines, this is personal for us. I don't want to retreat; I want to win.

The past seven years have been hard, often heartbreaking. Our flag, however, is still there. Let's move forward in our quest to live up to the idea of America.

SOURCE 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee

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