Promises will not expunge this shame.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: March 12, 2007 | Copyright information

The veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars are not the first to learn that their sacrifice earns only contempt in some quarters on the home front.

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