"The military" is often caricatured: a political football, a heroic ideal, a menacing bureaucracy. Today, let's remember that it is also millions of individual people, with hopes and fears and roles and families. Almost without exception, they represent what's best about our country: patriotism, service, competence. Happy Veterans Day to all who serve our country in this way.11.12.2012
Happy Veterans Day
"The military" is often caricatured: a political football, a heroic ideal, a menacing bureaucracy. Today, let's remember that it is also millions of individual people, with hopes and fears and roles and families. Almost without exception, they represent what's best about our country: patriotism, service, competence. Happy Veterans Day to all who serve our country in this way.
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