A Volunteer Is A Person Who Can

Every Problem That The Country Faces Is Being Solved In Some Community By Some Group Or Some Individual. The Question Is How To Get Connected So That The Whole Nation Can Solve Problems. A Volunteer Is A Person Who Can See What Others Cannot See; Who Can Feel What Most Do Not Feel. Often, Such Gifted Persons Do Not Think Of Themselves As Volunteers, But As Citizens - Citizens In The Fullest Sense; Partners In Civilization.

Extending The Ground War Into An Occupation Of Iraq, Would Have Incurred Incalculable Human And Political Costs. Had We Gone The Invasion Route, The U.s. Could Conceivably Still Be An Occupying Power In A Bitterly Hostile Land. It Would Have Been A Dramatically Different - And Perhaps Barren - Outcome.

We're Enjoying Sluggish Times, And Not Enjoying Them Very Much.

This Government To Government Relationship Is The Result Of Sovereign And Independent Tribal Governments Being Incorporated Into The Fabric Of Our Nation, Of Indian Tribes Becoming What Our Courts Have Come To Refer To As Quasi-sovereign Domestic Dependent Nations. Over The Years The Relationship Has Flourished, Grown, And Evolved Into A Vibrant Partnership In Which Over 500 Tribal Governments Stand Shoulder To Shoulder With The Other Governmental Units That Form Our Republic.

Ageing's Alright, Better Than The Alternative, Which Is Not Being Here.