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Col. Daniel Smith

U.S. Army (Ret.), Guest Commentator

Dan Smith is a military affairs analyst for Foreign Policy In Focus (www.fpif.org), a retired U.S. Army colonel, and a senior fellow on military affairs at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (fcnl.org). His blog is The Quakers' Colonel. Click here to contact Col. Smith.

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Paying for the Wars’ Wounded

By Col. Daniel Smith

The current issue is always free to everyone [Emily Schwarz Greco of Foreign Policy In Focus was the editor of this article] The Bureau of the Census has issued a lengthy summary of “facts” about the nation’s 23.7 million veterans in time for Veteran’s Day. Considering that there are two significant ongoing armed conflicts involving…

The current issue is always free to everyone [Emily Schwarz Greco of Foreign Policy In Focus was the editor of this article] The Bureau of the…

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