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	<title>Roman Skaskiw</title>
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	<description>Fiction, essays, travel writing and other creative work.</description>
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		<title>Tell us what&#8217;s going on with our money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was disappointed last week to discover that despite his co-sponsorship of the Audit the Fed amendment, Rep. Dave Loebsack voted against its inclusion in a package of financial reforms.
The Audit the Fed amendment had 320 co-sponsors and broad bi-partisan support. The fact that Loebsack and more than 100 other co-sponsors betrayed the amendment at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanskaskiw.com/blog/archives/537</link>
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		<title>Who will question our wars?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, I attended my first Republican district convention. I missed 2008&#8217;s, having been deployed to Afghanistan&#8217;s Kunar Province on my third combat tour with the Army.
I&#8217;d hoped to speak in favor of a friend&#8217;s amendment to the party platform, which would have tempered its implicit support for American militarism.
Neither Iraq, nor Afghanistan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanskaskiw.com/blog/archives/530</link>
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		<title>Narrative and Memory at War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am aware that two war movies, “The Hurt Locker” and “The Messenger,” have received multiple nominations for the Academy Awards. Though I’ve enjoyed war movies in the past, I haven’t seen either of these.
I’ve stopped watching movies about our current wars for the same reason I don’t like recounting my scariest moments for voyeuristic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanskaskiw.com/blog/archives/524</link>
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		<title>Bidding Farewell to Arms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past year, I could only provide a frustratingly long answer to the simple, frequently asked question, Are you still in the Army?
When I commissioned as an infantry officer in March, 2000, my contract specified four years of active service and four years in the inactive reserve (I.R.R.) — a name on a list. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://romanskaskiw.com/blog/archives/513</link>
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		<title>Enduring The Soldier Readiness Process &#8212; My First Radio Appearance!</title>
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Transcript here.
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		<link>http://romanskaskiw.com/blog/archives/504</link>
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