He had underlined sentences and added exclamation points; the words he wrote were sparse, but Blume understood the code. I reached out to some of the people who sent letters to President Obama and asked them why they decided to write. And so we cleaned up as much as we could, and then I went upstairs and I wrote the letter. And — yeah, I wrote it that night.”Dear Mr. President, My father was a United States Marine for 22 years before retiring as a master sergeant. Reeves told them she would be available for in-person briefings.

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 10:00 UTC