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" If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating. "

Tammy Duckworth

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Changing

Life

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" What seems like comfort and security one day can all be taken away the very next. "

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