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What was most important this past Memorial Day?

The topics that you think would top the news on Memorial Day would be: improving the VA, decreasing suicide rates among veterans, helping gold-star families, or the legacies of fallen military heroes. However, what seemed to be most important this Memorial Day was the debate regarding whether or not the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo should have been shot.

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The topics that you think would top the news on Memorial Day would be: improving the VA, decreasing suicide rates among veterans, helping gold-star families, or the legacies of fallen military heroes. However, what seemed to be most important this Memorial Day was the debate regarding whether or not the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo should have been shot.

Editorial cartoon by Robert L. Lang

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Desiree Huitt is an Army Veteran serving 11 years as a Military Intelligence officer and prior to OCS as a combat medic. She is a graduate from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

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