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good morning from the international

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today is a formal event this is the

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formal transfer of authority and

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responsibility of the international

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space station onboard operations from

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myself tim coprad to jeff williams

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it's also an opportunity for us to give

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our thanks to an incredible

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international team that has allowed us

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to do our job up here and to advance the

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exploration of humans in space

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we've been so privileged to work here on

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board with a huge variety of science

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experiments that we know are going to be

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a stepping stone for human exploration

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and we've demonstrated

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both from the ground and from the crew

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on board together we've demonstrated

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that we have a world-class

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international laboratory

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we've also demonstrated that we can

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sustain this this station we've docked

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actually captured and uh and docked and

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then released a cygnus vehicle a dragon

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vehicle we currently have two progress

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vehicles docked to our space station

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through the help of the ground teams and

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this great crew we've been able to

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maintain the station in top working

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orders so that we can continue

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our experiments on board and our efforts

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to advance the state of technology

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we've had technology demonstrations

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where we've launched satellites we have

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an inflatable module the first of its

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kind here dock to space station

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and so it's been a privilege for all of

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us to be able to participate in all of

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these different activities on board

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personally station

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like to say that it's been a tremendous

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honor to serve with this crew

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with jeff tim

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i can't think of a better group of

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people to spend time with in space

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and to work with and

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i'm very very grateful for that

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opportunity

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i'd also like to thank the families

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the families that are back home

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have to uh to endure the fact that we're

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not there to help

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and uh through their tremendous support

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it keeps us in a good state of mind so

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that we can do our job and what we

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consider to be a very important job here

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bill shepard who is the first commander

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of of the international space station

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brought a bell with him

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and this is a navy tradition

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that signifies uh

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the the changing of the watch and this

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is a tradition that's been

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uh part of the navy and and uh with

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ships at sea

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as long as uh

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as there have been ships at sea

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and we would like to continue this

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tradition ironically i think because

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both jeff and i are former army officers

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and we'd like to continue this tradition

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of ringing the bell to demonstrate the

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changing of the watch

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and in this case

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the uh the change of command from myself

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jeff congratulations

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you're now the commander of the

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and you i'd like to say that uh i i know

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jeff that the station is in great hands

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and uh i'm proud to be able to pass off

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thank you very much tim great words

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i would only echo everything you said in

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terms of thanks to the ground teams

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around the world as well as the family

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and our friends that support us so well

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up here i'd also like to say a special

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congratulations to to yuri to tim and to

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tim for a successful stay on the

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international space station

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you've made

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the our stay so far alex a olek and i

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our stay

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and rewarding

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and i've always said that the the number

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one personal objective that all of us

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should have

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is to

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complete stay on board the international

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space station look back and say that's

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one of the greatest rewards

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greatest experiences i've ever had and

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it ought to be a big reward and you've

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made it that way so thank you for that

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we wish you

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828 days is that correct in space

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uh today

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uh which is a second all-time record in

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the world over five flights a flight on

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a space shuttle flight and then

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three flights here on onboard the

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international space station long

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duration flights so congratulations uh i

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congratulate you uh for that milestone

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uh tim

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peake i've completed 186 days and you

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all 186 days on this flight of course

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and i want to congratulate you tim you

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have represented the the european space

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agency very well and of course the

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united kingdom very well uh and it's

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been a pleasure that to get to know you

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obviously we knew each other some from

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training on the ground but we really

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didn't get to know each other until we

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had the time to spend up here so i

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congratulate you on that as well

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and tim kopra of course 277 or 244 days

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you've completed now over two long

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duration flights on board the

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international space station and i want

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to congratulate you as well the three of

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you have left the ship in good hands to

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alex a and olek and i and we

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intend on carrying on the good tradition

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um of uh service and and uh and

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and duty uh on board the international

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space station so thank you very much

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i do have one other uh

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item of business to do

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before i uh before i hand it back or we

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close this or whatnot and that this is

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uh i am honored and oh by the way i've

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learned from experience that i need to

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start out with a piece of gray tape

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i'm honored to have the opportunity to

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uh give an award a special award uh to

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an individual here and uh this award is

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to tim copra and it's the order of saint

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michael gold award

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which i will need to explain if you

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could hold that mike

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let me present this award and then i'll

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explain a little bit about it for those

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tim and i as tim mentioned

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because it's a pretty heavy metal award

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and it will uh knock your teeth out if

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you don't use the gray tape

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and now i lost my glasses

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which uh is not the first time

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so i'll see if i can uh

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i'll go without him the order of saint

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michael is a very special award for us

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army aviators and uh it's sponsored by

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the army aviation association of america

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it recognizes individuals who've

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contributed significantly to the

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promotion of army aviation through a

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lifetime of service to the aviation

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branch these individuals have

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demonstrated the highest standards of

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integrity and moral character display an

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outstanding degree of professional

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competence and serve the united states

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army aviation community with distinction

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and tim you've done that for many

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decades now not only active duty in the

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army in combat and in other uh duty

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locations in the army but then after

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retiring from the army uh continuing

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your service uh representing the army

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and army aviation

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at nasa and now culminating with a very

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successful command on the international

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the award itself

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there's more words here but i'm not

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going to read them all but the award

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itself says

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the honorable order of saint michael

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appearing before a most arduous and

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discriminatory committee of tried and

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proven army aviators and aviation

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patriots be it known that timothy l

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copra was tested and found worthy of

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special recognition for outstanding

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contributions to the community of army

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aviation and is hereby inducted into the

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honorable order of st michael gold award

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the archangel saint michael is the

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embodiment of courage justice and

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gallantry so too the affirmation

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individual embodies these qualities and

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represents excellence in aviation

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therefore the president of the army

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aviation association of america

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acknowledges that this patriot is due

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special honor and respect for now and

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prosperity uh signed on this date by

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general sinclair

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and houston i think that

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concludes uh what we had planned up here

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we copy jeff and uh jeff and tim good

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job uh congratulations for that

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the command handover jeff and we look

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forward to continuing on with you on

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expedition 48 and tim we look forward to