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Editorial: Returning veterans can still serve

Back on October 9th, the Star Tribune published an editorial featuring Warrior to Citizen - A new campaign invites veterans to become active citizens.

Read it here.

Posted by Elaine Eschenbacher on October 23, 2007 04:33 PM | Permalink ¤

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