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Joe and I traded messages today and his was very informative and civil. I really appreciated it. I confess I'm suspicious of people's motives when I hear them coming out of the box with testimonials to things like military record of service, but perhaps in the realms Joe operates in that is not unusual at all. I appreciated his message and based on what he told me wouldn't hesitate to do business with him.

Perhaps the wisest thing I heard this year was uttered by some retired DC politician (believe it or not). He was reflecting on a career in government and he said one thing he always cautions people about it is "judge someone by their actions . . . by what they do . . . don't judge them by what you think their motives were. Because you maybe totally 100% wrong in why you think someone acted the way they did." I've thought of that often and it's really true. Signed, Trying to be a better person in 2017.