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A Veteran’s Message to Congress: ‘I Am Not Honored. I Am Disgusted.’

“If Senators Paul and Udall really want to honor our service members, here are a few things they could do with that money instead.”
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It’s Time for U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan

In an essay on TheAtlantic.com last week, Senators Rand Paul and Tom Udall urged members of Congress to support their bipartisan joint resolution, the American Forces Going Home After Noble (AFGHAN) Service Act. The bill, they wrote, would “return our combat forces home from Afghanistan in an orderly and responsible way, while also setting a framework

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