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Mind the Gap: The Dangerous Distance Between Civilians and the Military

By Troy Senik
Thursday, May 29 2014

In a just world, the scandal over the mistreatment of retired military members by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ healthcare system would’ve broken in early November. That may sound like a strange argument, so bear with me. The fact that the VA scandal was capturing headlines in late May had the unfortunate effect of making the story intersect with Memorial Day. Because much of the media can’t resist Easy-Bake narratives, there were endless newspaper columns and broadcast commentaries last week introducing comments about the VA scandal with prefatory throat-clearing along…

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