This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, November 12th.

I'm Kate Trinko, and I'm Daniel Davis.

Well, today is Veterans Day, and right now we're joined by a veteran John Cooper who works right

across the hallway from me at the Heritage Foundation he is Senior

Communications Manager here at Heritage which means he works a lot with outside media and gets Heritage Foundation folks exposure.

But today we're getting John Exposure.

John, welcome to the studio.

Yeah, thanks for having that.

Is this your first time on the podcast?

It is, actually. I felt like you did something at some point. No, I've sat next to you for so long.

It's always behind the scenes. Incredibly fair. Yeah. Yeah. So John, you're an Air Force veteran. You're still in the sense. Incredibly fair. Yeah. So John you're an Air Force veteran you're still in a reserve I and I know this because periodically you're gone from your office because you're on reserve duty and it's a reminder that you know there are tons of folks who are still

serving in that way what does Veterans Day mean for you as a veteran yeah

so it's a great opportunity to really take the nation's mindset and just focus

it for a single day on everybody that has served in the military.

Now we often talk about Memorial Day and those who have paid the ultimate price for the

country. But then on Veterans Day we obviously get to talk about and are

privileged to talk about an even broader group of people who have made that

everyday sacrifice and continue to make that

sacrifice every day. So it's a really great opportunity to do that and to have that

that focus in our country that is in some ways fairly unique to the U.S.

and the appreciation that we have for our troops.

So it's a great day and a really special opportunity I think for the country.

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