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		<title>Fear not the veteran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragic news last week that ranger Margaret Anderson was shot and killed in Mount Rainier National Park by Benjamin Colton Barnes brought with it national attention and a litany of sensational headlines. (What came first, the national attention or the sensational headlines, is a chicken-egg debate for another time.) Some form of PARK RANGER [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The last KIA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialist David Emanuel Hickman—the last U.S. service member to die in Iraq. On November 14th, two weeks before he was supposed to go home, Spc. David Emanuel Hickman became the last American service member to be killed in Iraq.  While on a regular “presence patrol” in Baghdad, his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting on the end</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Lin McNulty Upon the occasion of the last U.S. boot on Iraqi sand, I emailed my grandson. I asked for his permission to share his poignant response. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. I have mixed feelings on the issue. Glad most of us are out, but I am truly tired of seeing the american (sic) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A way to welcome home veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welcome A Healing Journey for War Veterans and Their Families The Welcome, a new documentary film produced by Bill McMillan and Kim Shelton, offers a fiercely intimate view of life after war: the fear, anger and isolation of post-traumatic stress that affects vets and family members alike. As we join a group of war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://www.scarsandstripes.com/2011/12/18/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following email was sitting quietly in my inbox this morning, along with other messages of lesser import: Early this morning, the last of our troops left Iraq. As we honor and reflect on the sacrifices that millions of men and women made for this war, I wanted to make sure you heard the news. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On War and Redemption</title>
		<link>http://www.scarsandstripes.com/2011/11/17/on-war-and-redemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lin McNulty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Timothy Kudo When I returned from Afghanistan this past spring, a civilian friend asked, “Is it good to be back?” It was the first time someone had asked, and I answered honestly. But I won’t do that again. We weren’t ready for that conversation.  Instead, when people ask, I make it easy for everyone [...]]]></description>
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