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On November 11, America honors its veterans. Here at the 917 Society, Veterans Day holds special meaning — because of a single sentence that every one of our service members has spoken: "I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." Notice what's missing. The oath isn't to a flag alone, or to a president, or to a party. It isn't even to the country in the abstract. It is to the Con