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the investments they need to grow their business and hire more employees. we have to end it here. we could go on for a very long time. i appreciate both of you coming on, explaining very clearly the way that your candidates think towards small business owners. i really appreciate this conversation. thank you for stopping by. thanks for having us. thank you, j.j. as we prepare to celebrate veterans day this week, we re mindful how difficult it can be to make the transition from combat zone to office building. for many returning soldiers, the process can be overwhelming. that s where this veteran entrepreneur saw his opportunity to make a difference. we re dust-off aviators. we flew medical evacuation. we picked up the wounded. you don t know if you re going to get shot at, if you can land. sometimes you re just throwing people onboard and trying to treat them as best you can en route while you re pulling the guts out of the helicopter. anthony is a veteran of the second iraq
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predominantly latino communities in new york. in this neighborhood you can t go too far without seeing the rich traditions all around you. but within a community so immersed in its cultural heritage one important piece was missing. a middle school teacher turned entrepreneur saw the need and founded the independent bookstore la casa azul. there are so many places to come and see, museums and galleries and coffee shops but i always felt that something was missing. the center opened, the bookstore comes from my own love of books. when i read the first book by a latino writer, that was the house on mango street and that book changed my life. and was the inspiration for what would become the bookstore. i named la casa azul. i feel like it s a meeting place where everyone in the community, not only in harlem, but people from all the five boroughs, and
entrepreneur saw his opportunity to make a difference. we re dust off aviators. we flew medical evacuation. we picked up the wounded. you don t know if you re going to get shot at. you don t know if you re going to be able to land. you fly into this hot l.z. and sometimes you re throwing people on board and trying to treat them as best as you can en route. anthony garcia jr. is a veteran of the second iraq war. he and his team repeatedly flew into the line of fire to rescue wounded soldiers. the army trained him to do the best you can. there was definitely things that you can t get out of your head. things that you wish you could unsee. amanda willett is an air force veteran. she and her team cared for those wounded. at war they were celebrated hard chargers. but back here at home, things were just plain hard. we re trying to change the way that the united states of america used the veterans. most of us don t have ptsd. it s just we re getting used to