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Katie Phang and Paul Rieckhoff on the importance of Memorial Day

"This is completely unprecedented, dangerous, and f****d up right? This is not normal and we can't normalize it in any way"

speaks with veteran and activist about the true meaning of Memorial Day. It should be a gut check for Americans to remember the values and sacrifices that underpin our democracy, not politicized by Trump to push his partisan agenda.

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Paul Rieckhoff is the Founder and CEO of Independent Veterans of America. Rieckhoff is a nationally-recognized independent authority on politics, war, the military, and veterans affairs. He’s an experienced media personality, author, political strategist. media critic, renowned social entrepreneur, Political Science professor, moderator and host.

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