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There's no more ethically
strong workforce in the world

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than what you get out of veterans.

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This year's
Military Appreciation Month event,

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co-hosted by Wells Fargo and Bloomberg,

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celebrated the accomplishments
of military service members.

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The event featured
veterans leading innovation

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and scaling businesses across the country.

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They spoke about going from the military

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to civilian careers in entrepreneurship,

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and the importance of supporting veterans

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in that transition.

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If anybody here thinks it's easy, right,

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or, like, it's just all magical sunshine

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and rainbows on the outside.

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It's a very, very different story, right?

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It's really emotionally tough.

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And even though we've all
been in tough situations,

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it's really helpful to
have that peer group.

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Wells Fargo
has a long history

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of supporting military service
members through initiatives

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to hire and retain veterans.

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This year, Wells is launching
the Veteran Alliance program,

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which allows veterans to pay it forward

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to the next generation
of business leaders.

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A lot of us have been through it.

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And you've had people that have helped you

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make that transition.

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It's important to pay that back.

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Veterans can do a lot
of really great things

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if they're given the skills
and the opportunity to do it.

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And it's up to us to help promote that.

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It really is an absolutely
extraordinary group.

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Words matter, people really matter.

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We will continue to be able to provide

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the communities great
servants of the communities,

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great entrepreneurs, great employees.

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And that, to us, to me,
and I hope to all of you,

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is the strength of this country.