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Art that heals veterans

Former President Bush and CreatiVets co-founder Casper discuss a piece of art

IN RICHARD CASPER’S HOMETOWN OF Washburn, Ill., he was the class clown and prom king—the kid who always smiled and the teenager who always made his mother laugh.

That all changed when he joined the Marines after 9/11 and deployed to Iraq. In December 2006,

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