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Before the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked; before the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq; before failed efforts by the underwear bomber, the shoe bomber and the Times Square bomber; before the Transportation Safety Administration formed and America was introduced to full body scans.

Nearly nine months ago, President Barack Obama outlined the nature of our commitment in post-9/11 Afghanistan .

“They’re leaving as heroes. I want them to walk home with pride in their hearts,” declared Col. John Norris, the head of a US Army brigade in Iraq. [1]

In addition to the vulnerable political and social stability in Iraq, the dead-end result of the Iraqi parliamentary election of March 7, 2010 added another hinder before building a sustainable government that can contain and eventually tackle the challenges facing the country.

Heroes dont stop being heroes when they leave the battlefield, no matter what they leave behind. A group of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many having suffered physical impairments as a cost of their service, traveled through Pekin by bike Saturday while on a journey across the nation they served.