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through my speech you can hear that I am a naturalized american and
Gregory's first generation american in our small way, this is our way of
bringing educational opportunities to our young generation. The wealth of
our country is the young generation. Before we enter any country or do
anything in any country, humanitarian help or anything else. We have to
have a background of their history and knowledge of what the country is
all about. I'm licking center was already existing with a few languages.
We just helped it grow. I'm the commander, honorary commander of luke Air
Force base since november. The language of Afghanistan is pashtu and his
back we're teaching pashto and Uzbek today dot it is another language that
we're teaching. We're teaching these what are called critical languages
with one of the few universities in the country That's teaching these
critical languages, there is a new law that has been passed by our
military, that anyone who wants to go up the rank of in the military
itself has to know two languages. Uh for the 60 years of Air Force reserve
officer, I served 60 years is a lifetime. We believe if you speak each
other's languages, you're not up to bomb each other. We need a good,
strong military, our family believes. But as ambassadors of the United
States not to kill or be killed or maimed. We believe in peace In my
military record of 1944 and 45 enables me because I've been bombed on the
ground. I've been shot at in the air in France in World War Two. So I can
afford to say peace is far better than war, and that's what the Melikian
Center is actively working on a day to day basis. Peace Yeah.