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A Good Read.<\/a> This doesn’t endorse one candidate or another, but reminds us of the few in America who are fighting for the freedoms of the whole country.<\/p>\n

It’s a tough place to be in: on the one hand, I’m grateful that I’m only going to the Middle East for a very short time, and that in 2003 Dave was only in Iraq for a very short time also. But on the other hand, is it fair that those Soldiers, Marines and Airmen who have been on multiple tours carry my family’s burden?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Good Read. This doesn’t endorse one candidate or another, but reminds us of the few in America who are fighting for the freedoms of the whole country. It’s a tough place to be in: on the one hand, I’m grateful that I’m only going to the Middle East for a very short time, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[13,20,63],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-44","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":574,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/milspouse-friday-fill-in-42.html","url_meta":{"origin":252,"position":0},"title":"MilSpouse Friday Fill-In #42","date":"27 May 11","format":false,"excerpt":"This week's Friday Fill-In! \u00a0Enjoy!\u00a0 And Happy Memorial Day!\u00a0 Take a moment and think about what a great country we live in and how many have given their lives for the rights Americans have.1. 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