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Here tonight is Preston Sharp, a 12-year-old boy from Redding, California,
今晚，來自加州雷丁的12歲男孩普雷斯頓·夏普，
who noticed that veterans' graves were not marked with flags on Veterans Day.
他發現在老兵節那天，老兵的墓碑上沒有國旗。
He decided all by himself to change that and started a movement that has now placed 40,000 flags at the graves of our great heroes.
他決定親自發起一項運動，迄今已經在偉大英雄的墳墓插上了40000面國旗。
Preston, a job well done. Young patriots like Preston teach all of us about our civic duty as Americans.
普雷斯頓，干得好。像普雷斯頓這樣的年輕愛國者教會了我們所有人如何去踐行我們作為美國人的公民責任。
And I met Preston a little while ago, and he is something very special, that I can tell you.
我剛剛還會見了普雷斯頓，我看得出來，他是個很特別的人。
Great future. Thank you very much for all you've done, Preston. Thank you very much.
他的前途一片光明。普雷斯頓，非常感謝你所做的一切，非常感謝。
Preston's reverence for those who have served our nation reminds us why we salute our flag,
普雷斯頓對那些為國捐軀的人的尊敬提醒我們為什么要向國旗致敬，
why we put our hands on our hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem.
為什么要在效忠時把手放在胸口，為什么聽到國歌時要驕傲的起立。
Americans love their country. And they deserve a government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return.
美國人愛他們的國家，他們值得擁有一個能夠對他們回報以同樣的愛和忠誠的政府。
For the last year, we have sought to restore the bonds of trust between our citizens and their government.
過去一年，我們努力恢復公民和政府間的信任。
Working with the Senate, we are appointing judges who will interpret the Constitution as written,
同參議院一道，我們任命了解釋成文憲法的法官，
including a great new Supreme Court justice and more circuit court judges than any new administration in the history of our country.
包括最高法院偉大的新法官，和更多的巡回法院法官，比國家歷史上任何新政府任命的數量都多。
We are totally defending our Second Amendment and have taken historic actions to protect religious liberty.
我們捍衛第二修正案，并采取歷史性行動保護宗教自由。
And we are serving our brave veterans, including giving our veterans choice in their health care decisions.
我們同樣也在回報我們英勇的老兵，包括允許他們選擇自己的醫療。
