U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the daughter of a World War II veteran and a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement in honor of the Memorial Day holiday:
"Every U.S. Soldier, Airman, Sailor, and Marine who's died for our country, paid for the freedoms that America enjoys today. They made that sacrifice so that in America, we could live free from tyranny, oppression, and war. I join all Missourians in saluting our troops past and present, and in honoring those we've lost."