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To me, there's no better place to

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honor our military personnel and

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our veterans than right here in the

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Capital Region.

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And on behalf of Wells Fargo, I want

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to say welcome and thank you for

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your service.

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I'm really proud to be here tonight

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hosting our fourth annual Military

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Appreciation Month event where we

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brought in our clients from both the

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Commercial Bank and the Investment

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Bank. A wonderful opportunity in

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this fantastic museum space to

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talk to our clients about what's

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going on in the defense community,

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what our clients are thinking about,

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what  help they need.

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We had senior leaders from

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Investment Banking attend, as well

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as senior leaders from Commercial

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Banking, showing how

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Wells Fargo can really support

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and nurture emerging technologies

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in defense tech.

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Wells Fargo has been supporting the

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military for over 160 years

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through recruitment,

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financial education and also

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vehicle and housing donations.

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It's such an honor to have veterans,

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veteran owned and veteran led

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businesses represented in the room.

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Appreciate all the veterans that

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came out tonight, all the great

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questions, all the dialog we've had,

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all of the strong relationships that

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we're continuing to build.

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Wells Fargo is one of the few firms

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that constantly is doing

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things for veterans, trying to bring

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veterans into their network and

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helping us grow as a firm.

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We had over a hundred

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different veteran owned and veteran

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led businesses in those industries

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represented.

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This has been a great opportunity to

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connect with our aerospace and

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defense industry, learn from a panel

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of experts and a great venue

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to do so.