Nicolle Wallace Becomes Emotional Reading John Kelly’s Description of What Happens to Fallen Service Members

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WALLACE: "But let's live in what John Kelly did today. What John Kelly did today was he described how an American soldier comes home. 'Their buddies wrap them up on the battlefield and they're packed in ice. Dover embalms them, dresses them meticulously in their uniforms and dresses them with their medals. And then a casualty officer proceeds to break the heart of a family member.' He said there’s nothing in this country that suggests that selfless service is appropriate but that doesn’t matter. He described what happened for his family hours after his son was killed. He said his son’s buddies called him. He said that Obama did not call his family. He says that it was his belief that bush did not call every family. He said that part of the reason was because there’s nothing you can say. He described what his family’s casualty officer Joe Dunford, his best friend told him. He said, 'Kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed.' And then he said, 'I thought at least that was sacred.' John Kelly has given us a gift by telling us in his own words, very reluctantly I’m sure, what it’s like. If anything is sacred, it seems like this still must be.”