FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, November 11, 2012
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Statement from Senator Coons on Veterans Day

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons issued the following statement Sunday to mark Veterans Day.

“We set aside the eleventh day of the eleventh month each year to honor the courage and sacrifice necessary to serve our country in defense of its citizens, its freedoms, and its values. After more than a decade of war, it’s hard to imagine a more important time for Americans to show their appreciation for our service members and their families. We may never be able to fully repay our veterans for their service, but we can offer them our deepest gratitude and our ironclad commitment to ensuring they receive the health care, higher education, and other benefits they have earned, and by helping American employers to better appreciate the enormous value that veterans can bring to the civilian workforce.

“Our veterans have my deep respect, gratitude, and admiration, and this Veterans Day, I hope all Delawareans will make time to reflect on their own appreciation for our veterans and their sacrifice.”