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Christmas. i m brianna keelner washington. wolf blitzer is off today. a merry christmas message from the president. he offered a heartfelt thanks to the troops overseas but also offered this nugget. here s the good news. for many of our troops and newest veterans, this might be the first time in years they ve been with their families on christmas. in fact, with the iraq war over and the transition in afghanistan, fewer of our men and women in uniform are deployed in harm s way than at any time in the last decade. and that s something that we all can be thankful for and with more and more of our troops back here at home, now it s our turn to serve. it s our turn to step up and show our gratitude for the military families who have given us so much. our athena jones is in honolulu, hawaii, working very hard on this holiday where the obamas are on vacation. maybe not surprising president obama didn t mention health care in his christmas message, but that s certainly something ....

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