Here is a rough transcription of what the IVAW folks had to say:

Dave Rico:

I'd like to introduce my buddy Bill Kohler... we're both combat Iraqi veterans...

We both had to deal with each of us having to worry about our guys; we were the only guys who had any medical knowledge. It ultimately came down to us and our skills to save people.

Bill Kohler:

I'm a tired soldier. And now to see everyone come together here, in this... only you and we can make a difference but we've gotta come together.

Its time as a nation to put aside each other's differences -- religion, color -- and be we the people again, and take back this country.

I look at this flag and its blue -- the blue's for true, the white's for the might, but the red's for all the blood that's shed. i left my blood over there on the battlefield in Iraq too, and ... it was a sad day... then I come back and I'm treated this way by my nation.

Its hard for me to talk... I just ask you all to come together here in closing, and don't let this be the end of your fight. Don't let this stop here. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors tell your relatives, and... if you see us on the streets, ask us questions.