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Topic: Veteran’s Day

Vice President J.D. Vance (L) and President Trump spoke at the annual Arlington National Cemetery. They emphasized service members’ ongoing sacrifices amid continued funding issues for the Veterans Administration.

Trump makes Veterans Day about himself

CK Smith
Group of soldiers (Getty Images/Thinkstock Images)

Donald Trump vs. the "woke" military

Lucian K. Truscott IV
A tomb guard of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," salutes before a centennial ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, on Veterans Day in Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 2021. (ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

15 facts to know about Veterans Day

Joy Saha
Soldiers from Ft. Lee, Virginia help mark Veterans Day ceremonies at the World War II Memorial November 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The intolerable price our veterans pay

Kelly Denton-Borhaug - TomDispatch.com
Views of the sunken road, known as the "bloody lane", on the Antietam battlefield, where over 5,500 soldiers lost their lives in four hours of combat on September 17 of 1862, as seen on March 26, 2019 in the farmland outside of the small village of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Civil War battlefield has been preserved by the National Park Service as an historical site. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

From battlefields to parks

Todd Lookingbill, Peter Smallwood - The Conversation
Regina King and Hong Chau from HBO's Watchmen (HBO/Getty Images/Salon)

"Watchmen" & the uncertainty of Vietnam

Hanh Nguyen
Military Cemetery (Getty Images)

Who fights America's "forever wars"?

Chauncey DeVega
(AP/Salon)

Trump still upset about his dream parade

Travis Gettys
(AP/Carolyn Kaster/Shakh Aivazov)

Trump targets military, ignores fallen

Ryan Mikel
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC (Getty/ Win McNamee)

Veterans have fought in and against wars

Michael Messner - The Conversation
TWENTY ONE OF ONE HUNDRED PHOTOS WORLD WAR ONE CENTENARY TIMELINE - In this 1914 file photo, Allied troops huddle in a trench around a tiny fire near Ypres, Belgium. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Lessons on life in health care’s trench

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
Amid the fighting for the Walled City, MacArthur returns to the ruins of his home atop the once-luxurious Manila Hotel on February 23, 1945. (National Archives)

Escape from the Philippines, 1942

James M. Scott
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton))

Curry's V-Day tribute

Taylor Link
"Almost Sunrise" (Thoughtful Robot Productions)

Can a long walk heal these veterans?

Chris White
(Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Angelo Young
(<a href='https://secure.istockphoto.com/profile/danielbendjy'>DanielBendjy</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

"Did you kill anybody?"

Janet Allon - Alternet
Ecstasy pills, which contain MDMA as their main chemical (DEA)

Could MDMA cure PTSD in vets?

Christine Jun
(Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

We're repeating Bush's failure

Roy Scranton
George W. Bush walks the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003 (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Our cowardly militaristic pols

Keith Gentry
(Reuters/Gary Cameron)

Who is Veterans Day for?

Erin Keane
Lillian "Bonnie" D'Amico, poses for a photograph while holding a photo of her son Nicholas D'Amico in El Paso, Texas. Her son killed himself while waiting for a an appointment with a psychiatrist. (AP)

Yochi Dreazen

Adam Hochschild, Joe Sacco
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Christina Hoag
Susanne Muller and her son, Ian. (Courtesy of the Muller family)

Sweet boy taken from her arms

Brian Mockenhaupt