Senate Proceeding 11-10-09 on Nov 10th, 2009 :: 0:00:25 to 0:05:45
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Barbara Mikulski: it was a terrible tragedy for them at fort hood, for their families and for our country. we know the 13 families are now dealing with the loss of loved ones and 30 other families have members who were wounded in the attack. we in maryland suffered a casualty as well and i'm here today to pay my respects and

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Speech By: Barbara Mikulski

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Barbara Mikulski: express my condolences to the family of lieutenant colonel juanita warman, a wonderful woman who moved to maryland five years ago as a call to duty. she had a 25-year military career in both the active and reserve army.

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Barbara Mikulski: she has devoted her career to serving fellow soldiers. lieutenant colonel warman was a nurse practitioner. her field was in psychiatric and emotional counseling. she served in other parts of the country and came as a call to

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Barbara Mikulski: duty to perry point veterans hospital in maryland. there she served to help our wounded warriors. perry point is the designated facility in maryland to help those wounded warriors, those who bear the permanent injury of war, who bear the wounds of either emotional or mental

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Barbara Mikulski: illness. she was absolutely on their side. she was view as a consummate professional by her colleagues and by the people who relied upon her for her talented counseling. a master's degree in nursing, she was an expert in post-traumatic stress as well as

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Barbara Mikulski: traumatic brain injury. she devoted her career to helping these soldiers as she did to her family. her family saw her as a mother to two, a grandmother to eight and also two step-children as well. she was raised in a military family. she understood the bonds between fellow soldiers.

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Barbara Mikulski: and she also volunteered, she volunteered in part of a program called the maryland yellow ribbon program, which was to help soldiers reintegrate into our community. she developed guidelines to dispel method myths about pstd. she particularly would reach out to women soldiers who had unique challenges, both in their own

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Barbara Mikulski: life and the life of their family. she provided mental health coseling to soldiers coming out of a war zone trying to into a family zone so that family zone didn't become a battleground as well. she also was well-known for her

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Barbara Mikulski: work at she helped our soldiers make the transition from the battlefield the hospital in germany to back here. she received an army commendation medal for her meritorious service. she was just a great soldier. she was at fort hood less than 24 hours. she was getting ready to deploy to iraq.

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Barbara Mikulski: she was ready to go, though she was sad to go. her last posted on -- her last posting on facebook knew that she'd be away from the from her beloved husband phillip, from her children, her grandchildren and her step-children, and there were no step-children, they were all children to lieutenant colonel warman.

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Barbara Mikulski: we're going to miss her. we're going to miss her, her family's going to miss her. we're going to miss her in maryland because she was an active member of theommunity. the army's going to miss her, and, most of all, those who need all that mental health are going to miss her. we're so sorry that this happened to her. but you know, there will be those who will want to wear

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Barbara Mikulski: yellow ribbons and black armbands and have our flags at half mast, and we should, we should do all of the symbols to honor what happened to those who fell at fort hood. but the best way to honor the people of the massacre at fort hood, to honor the people who

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Barbara Mikulski: have been wounded at iraq or afghanistan is to pass this legislation. the legislation is the military construction-v.a. health bill. there's so much good in this bill that will provide medical services to those who bear those permanent and somimes invisible wounds of war. so while we want to salute those

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Barbara Mikulski: who fell at fort hood and on the battle grounds of iraq and afghan starntion the way we honor -- afghanistan, the way we honor their memory and the way we honor the service of all who have been abroad is by making sure that when they come home they gethe medical and social services that they need, that it's a bridge to get them back

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Barbara Mikulski: into civilian life. so again, my condolences to the warman family, to all who fell, but most of all, i want to thank everybody for their service. and let's thank them not only with wordsut with deeds and let's pass this bill.