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The Magazine for a Strong America Vol. 140, No. 7 A R T 1 C L E s INFAMOUS ARTISTS Stuteville 16 Even 8-year-olds know the difference between art andfag desecration. By Joe SEE YOU IN SALT LAKE Trent D. McNeeley 18 The latest news about our upcoming National Convention. By POSITIVE FORCE FOR CHANGE 20 The Legion mweils its plan to save VA health care at the 1996 Spring Meetings. WHO ARE OUR HEROES? By Gary Turbak 24 America is lookingfor afew good men and women. THE BUTCHER OF BAGHOAD: HE'LL BE BACK director. 28 We haven / seen the last ofSaddam Hussein, says aformer CIA OATH OF UNCERTAINTY 30 Do our GIs volunteer to seive the United States, the United Nations or both.''. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! '/ Eugene "Red" McDaniel 32 Our nation isn perfect, but it 's the greatest country in the world. By D E P A R T M E NTS BIG ISSUES Should Congress reform environmental regulations.^ 10 VETVOICE 4 ON DUTY 14 VETS 38 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 9 VETERANS UPDATE 34 PARTING SHOTS 56 WASHINGTON WATCH 12 LEGION NEWS 36 COVER America needs heroes. We look to the Olympics to provide them. See Page 24. Illustration by Bill Vann/Medola Ltd. is publistied The American Legion magazine, a leader among notional general-interest publications, military-service veterans, working monthly by The American Legion for its 2.9 million members. These through nearly 15,000 community-level Posts, dedicate themselves to God and country and traditional American values; strong notional securit/: adequate and compassionate core for veterans, their wid- ows and orphans: community service; and the wholesome development of our nation's youths. JULY 1996 ' . Look Great Blocking i Hannful I FOR GOD AND COUNTRY Sun I 700 N. Pennsylvania St. P.O. Box 1055 Indianapolis, IN 46206 317-630-1200 National Commander Daniel A. 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