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Advocacy Grassley dedicated to protecting the flag Sen. Charles
Grassley, R-Iowa  Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, received the
Legion's Distinguished Public Service Award at The American
Legion's Washington Conference on March 3. Following are
excerpts from his speech:  It is one of the tenets of Islamic
extremists that American society has become weak and decadent,
that we lack the will to fight for what we believe in and will
not endure a prolonged conflict. That attitude - we have to show
the rest of the world - we don't have. I strongly believe we'll
continue to prove those extremists wrong.  Our freedom does not
come without cost. We cannot fully appreciate the values of
freedom without honoring the service of our nation's veterans
and those serving today. With the current war on terror, there
seems to be more understanding of the need to step up the way we
care for veterans wounded in conflict. With changes in how we
conduct warfare and new deve