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Will No One Sound the Bugle Call?

A soldier's day once was regulated by bugle calls. "Answer the bugle call" came to describe citizens responding to a national threat. President John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."  But after four years of war in Iraq, the bugle call has not sounded.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

A soldier's day once was regulated by bugle calls. "Answer the bugle call" came to describe citizens responding to a national threat. President John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." But after four years of war in Iraq, the bugle call has not sounded. That's according to John McCausland, a retired Army colonel who served in the first Gulf War. He's now senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and visiting Professor of Law at Penn State.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Karen Radziner

    Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Jeff McCausland

    Retired Army colonel

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