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When Bruce Grant was asked why he's giving up about $40,000 in income, leaving his family for a year and volunteering for dangerous Army duty in Iraq, he looked like he was trying to find a polite way to answer a dumb question. "Some things are worth fighting for. Some things are worth sacrifice," he said matter-of-factly in a brief interview Wednesday. "I have children and hope to have grandchildren. I hope that by us doing what we're doing now, they won't have to fight - that they can live in a safer world." Grant, 53, spent nearly 27 years...

Dear N.I.P. (Nationally Important Politician)! You were probably elected to office with the votes of many of our brave and sacrificing military men AND women! You probably think you support the Troops! You probably think veterans who have finished their active service all deserve fair and equitable treatment. You probably think our veterans are not bullied and treated as scapegoats by other U.S. national politicians. IF SO, YOU ARE TERRIBLY MISTAKEN! Please read to the nearby end of this letter in honor of the many of us who are combat veterans and, even more, our roommates who were Killed In...