A Texas Gold Star father 'carries the load' by remembering his son

Published May 27, 2024 at 8:11 AM EDT

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Gold Star father Chris Board, about his son Cody and how he remembers him. Cody was in the Army and died in 2010 in Afghanistan.

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Missing American found in Syria wandering bare foot in a Damascus suburb

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The American identified himself Travis Timmerman. He says he was held for seven months in Sednaya -- a notorious prison in which thousands of people were arbitrarily detained under the Syrian regime.
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The FIFA games in 2034 will bring the world to Saudi Arabia, a crowning moment as the country overhauls its economy and rebrands itself on the global stage.
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