Remarks by the Vice President to Second Marine Expeditionary Force

Remarks by the Vice President to HMH-461, Second Marine Expeditionary Force, New River Marine Corp Air Station, New River, North Carolina, 10:15 A.M. EDT

Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with U.S. Marine and Navy Personnel stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River after speaking with the crowd of soldiers in Jacksonville, NC, Monday October 3, 2005. White House photo by David Bohrer

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, General. I just wanted to stop by for a second and thank you for all your good work. We've been heavily focused, obviously, the last few weeks on Katrina. The President gets briefed on it every morning, as part of the regular morning brief, and I know you guys did a lot of great work down there.

I got down a couple of times to Gulfport and the Gulf Coast and New Orleans and looked at all of that, and it really was a remarkable storm that went through, did enormous damage, but you guys did tremendous work, and we really appreciate it.

So on behalf of the President and the country, thanks very much for what you did for all of us. Good luck. (Applause.)

END 10:16 A.M. EDT, For Immediate Release, Office of the Vice President, October 3, 2005

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