A small but vocal veterans group has enlisted more than 20,000 people on a petition urging President Barack Obama to honor soldiers returning home from Iraq with a national day including parades in major cities.
"Our message to the president is: Let's work together on this, let's capitalize on the moment," Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) executive director Paul Rieckhoff told Yahoo News.
"To use a military term: Let's coordinate fires. Let's get everybody working on the same page," Rieckhoff said, worrying about a "fragmented" approach to capitalizing on "all the goodwill" towards veterans.
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