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Jennifer M. Granholm

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

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Jennifer M. Granholm is saying that simply attending ceremonies or visiting soldiers occasionally is not enough to truly show appreciation.

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