veteran

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Mexican singer Fernández, who is the son of veteran crooner Vicente Fernández, sang the Mexican national anthem head of the match.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But our successes in reducing veteran and family homelessness, and our improved knowledge about what works and for whom, should be getting us much closer to making substantial improvements, and hopefully sooner than later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Dahlia also speaks with Andrew Weissmann, law professor at New York University and a veteran federal prosecutor, about President Trump’s latest nomination for attorney general and the state of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

After the VA unveiled a plan during a federal court hearing in January to install 800 tiny homes on the campus, advocates for veteran housing criticized the 8-foot-by-8-foot sheds as cramped, flimsy and undignified.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

For the commanding officer, Washington picked Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton, a veteran of the French and Indian War and a hero of Bunker Hill.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen