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Retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Allen West (Screenshot) It is the day after Memorial Day and pools are open, sales are over, and those hot dogs at the baseball parks are still awfully expensive. And yes, those who we honored yesterday still lie in their final duty stations. But the question is, what shall we do for the next 364 days until the next Memorial Day? I have shared a simple theme over the past week where I have spoken. These two words come to us from a memorable film depicting the utter heroism and courage...

Tom Hank's character, playing Captain John H. Miller, in Saving Private Ryan tells the rescued soldier, "Earn this." It's a moving an emotional unexpected scene. Lives were lost to save one man. From this point on, what will he do with this life as others have given their lives for him. While not as dramatic, yesterday's election romp over the Democrats is an "earn this" moment for the GOP. Millions of dollars and countless hours were spent helping these Republicans get elected. Now that they have it, what are they going to do with it? They need to watch this...

SAN DIEGO – When they boarded the aircraft carrier Midway in their dress uniforms Friday morning, they were 111 soldiers, sailors and Marines who traced their roots back to 48 homelands. By the time they left, they were 111 Americans – naturalized in a one-hour ceremony aboard the floating museum at Navy Pier. With family and friends looking on, they stood to take the oath, then filed one-by-one onto the stage to receive the certificates that declared them officially citizens of the United States. Many taking that oath had already served in the Persian Gulf, some of them several times....