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	<title><![CDATA[Hey Lindsay Lohan! Did You Hear About the Major Victory for Thousands of Stop-Lossed Troops?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/hey-lindsay-lohan-did-you_b_217807.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>This week, we&amp;rsquo;ve seen Jon and Kate <a target="_blank" href="http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/report-jon-kate-to-announce-divorce.html">inch closer to divorce</a>, the president stand trial in the court of public opinion for <a target="_blank" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/06/president-obama-swats-a-fly-gets-a-free-fly-trap.html">fly-homicide</a>, and another Washington elite <a target="_blank" href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/16/senator-john-ensign-to-announce-affair-with-campaign-aide/">publicize infidelity</a> via press release. &amp;nbsp;</p>

<p>Somewhere in-between these trivial water-cooler discussions, reality sunk in. IAVA&amp;rsquo;s Deputy Policy Director for Public Affairs, SSGT. <a target="_blank" href="../../../../../../content/iava-staff-board">Todd Bowers</a>, called me from Afghanistan, where he&amp;rsquo;s deployed on his third combat tour.&amp;nbsp; And no, he wasn&amp;rsquo;t trying to find out if...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-19T11:33:00-04:00</date_published>
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