Dr. Kathy Platoni, Centerville, OH Videos

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Gold Star Families Memorial - From my keynote address: "Very few will ever understand the magnitude of the sacrifices made by your loved ones or by their families. They risked all by signing that blank check to the United States of America to give all and for a cost that few will ever understand or fully appreciate. It is not just your loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice….you did as well as their beloved families, left to navigate your way back to some kind of meaningful life after unimaginable loss. This, by default, defines and distinguishes what giving all looks like." Read my entire speech here: https://www.drplatoni.com/ Please share

From my letter handed to Pete Hegseth
From my letter handed to Pete Hegseth - "To date, the Fort Hood Massacre remains an act of workplace violence. The Fort Hood Massacre has never been considered an act of domestic terrorism. This is a travesty of justice, buried under 12 years of falsehoods and untruths. We have come to you because Fox News is one of the very last purveyors of the truth." Fox & Friends Fox News

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