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		<title>Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio call for military help in Puerto Rico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida&#8217;s U.S. senators are calling for the “cavalry” – in the form of the U.S. military – to help in Puerto Rico, which was hammered last week by Hurricane Maria. “There is a crisis in Puerto Rico where food, fuel, water and medicine is sitting at the docks and not getting out to the remote parts of the island,” Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said in a prepared statement Thursday. “The situation calls for an immediate response by the U.S. military&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘Nothing, nothing.’ Aid lags in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Relatives helped Maribel Valentin Espino find shelter when Hurricane Maria roared through her community in northern Puerto Rico. Neighbors formed volunteer brigades to cut fallen trees and clear twisty mountain roads after the storm had passed. Now, friends and a local cattle ranch provide the water they need to survive in the tropical heat. Valentin and her husband say they have not seen anyone from the Puerto Rican government, much less the Federal Emergency Management Agency, since the storm tore&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Daniel Webster helps secure $1M in back pay for CD 11 veterans</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Daniel Webster is making significant headway in the effort to repay debts owed to Florida veterans. In a statement Thursday, the Clermont Republican congressman announced that since January, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded more than $1 million to Florida veterans in compensation, pension or retroactive payments. Webster represents Florida’s 11th Congressional District, which covers a region northwest of Tampa from Spring Hill to Ocala. “We owe our military a debt we can never repay,” Webster said. “Yet,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Remembering men like Bob Clark is what Memorial Day is about</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 09:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There has long been a well-meaning, but wrong, impression of Memorial Day. While the gesture of “honoring our veterans” in late May is a kind thought, veterans are not the ones to be cherished on this day. The fundamental difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day is that veterans served until they became veterans. Those we collectively remember on Memorial Day gave their lives for this country. They were not able to choose when their military service would end. The&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>America&#8217;s future space policy still a mystery from Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 09:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With wars, terrorism, gun violence, economic problems, national debt, immigration issues and other national crises, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton might be excused for focusing on them, yet many Floridians and particular Central Floridians are eagerly waiting to hear what they aren&#8217;t yet talking about, space. The futures of NASA, commercial space initiatives, and defense programs are critical to the economy and future of Florida&#8217;s Space Coast and Central Florida, and by extension to the entire state, and to a rapidly&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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