So I want to particularly thank all of the Blue Star moms who are here today, and I'd like to have you all stand.

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Like many others, I was puzzled by the new color combination (blue and orange, really?).

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Perched atop craggy cliffs over the deep blue waters of Rincon Bay, I arrived at what looked like a manmade stone wall surrounding a cluster of huts.

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I'd also like to thank to Dr. Jill Biden -- a Blue Star Mom, by the way -- and a dear friend of mine as well.

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With the bright blue sky and warm autumn sun, for a bizarre moment I remember thinking it looked more like a scene from a college brochure than the evacuation of a building under attack.

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