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By Monique Marie Hamm June 13, 2014 5:00 pm Washington Examiner Former Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal delivered a speech on the Gettysburg Battlefield last Wednesday calling for a universal national service program. It would give all U.S. citizens a chance to…..
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