In February, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC, Liz Truss went through her now ...

DEAR ERIC: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday.

But it was not until deciding how to mark his 60th birthday in March that he decided to take the plunge and join up.

The Army Community Service at Fort Knox decided to celebrate its July 25 birthday a little early this year.

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