Welcome, Omar!

Thank you for your service to our country and to our troops.  And thank you SO much for your quick thinking and for the quick actions that saved Bob's life.   I am so grateful that you have arrived safely.  There is much that is good here, and it is my hope that you experience the best that this great country has to offer.

I encourage you to speak out for the interpreters who are left in Iraq or who have taken refuge elsewhere.   You have a unique opportunity to be the voice for the voiceless.   

I pray that your fiancee and your family are able to join you soon.  Meanwhile, make yourself at home!  We are glad you're here!

Emmy Summers