Every year on Veterans Day, we pause to reflect on the meaning of service — what it demands, what it costs, and what it gives. As someone who has lost more friends than I can count, along with my own limbs, I know the price of freedom.

But beyond the battlefield, beyond the sacrifice, Veterans Day also reminds me of promises, like our promise to those who served: that we will remember, that we will honor, and that we will act.

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