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1st Lt. Nick Biggs and others eating Thanksgiving dinner in Afghanistan. KBR, the company that catered the meal, said they put extra effort into providing the time-honored feast to service members. (u.s. air force)

Inside the Beltway: Ronald Reagan’s ‘Anointed land’ — Thanksgiving, 1982

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on Thanksgiving by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

MONICA CROWLEY: Thanksgiving traditions unite a blessed America

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times

John Winthrop Portrait

THOMAS DiBACCO: Pilgrims, Puritans shaped a New World of enterprise

By Thomas V. DiBacco - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama tries to quiet one of three hecklers as he addresses the crowd after meeting with community leaders about the executive actions he is taking to fix the immigration system Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) **FILE**

ERNEST ISTOOK: Bureaucrats give thanks for record harvest of Obama regulations

By Ernest Istook

Missouri holiday travel off to semi-smooth start

By BILL DRAPER - Associated Press

A turkey brought home by Associated Press reporter Gosia Wozniacka stands in its coop at Wozniacka's home in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. Wozniacka had brought the live turkey in a burlap sack to her urban farm on the outskirts of Portland. Though intended to be Thanksgiving dinner, the turkey had other plans. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)

CAL THOMAS: This Thanksgiving, have an attitude of gratitude

By Cal Thomas

Vehicles cruise under light snowfall, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, in Newark, N.J. The northern New Jersey region is expected to be hit by a snowstorm, which will cause problems for those traveling ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Thanksgiving Eve: Very busy, but not busiest

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A soldier races on the field with the American flag as part of the salute to service pregame activities at the NFL football game between the San Diego Chargers and against the Oakland Raiders Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

NORB RYAN: Thanksgiving spirit for our military

By Vice Adm. Norb Ryan

Traffic, police patrols expected to be higher

By JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, right, with daughter Sasha, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon" of 'Cheese' in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014. Also with Cheese are Gary Cooper, center, chairman of the National Turkey Federation and owner of Cooper Farms and his son Cole Cooper, far left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama grants ‘amnesty’ to Thanksgiving turkeys

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Speaker John Boehner dons a pair of blue jeans and a chef's apron in a new video he released ahead of Thanksgiving that explains how to properly brine a turkey, Boehner-style. (YouTube/John Boehner)

John Boehner reveals ‘The Boehner Brine’ in Thanksgiving cooking video

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Snow hampers holiday travel in Maryland

Associated Press

A sign advertising the price of gas towers over Interstate 80 in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. The cheapest gas in half a decade is expected to entice more Americans to pile into cars, trucks and vans for their Thanksgiving journeys. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Holiday travelers greeted by cheap gas, storms

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smiles prior to be conferred with the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by France's Foreign minister Laurent Fabius, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Michael Bloomberg: Push gun control during Thanksgiving dinner

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Massachusetts braces for winter storm

Associated Press

1.3 million bound for Georgia roads, airport

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2013, file photo, a giant Uncle Sam balloon is marched down Sixth Avenue during the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Helium makes the huge balloons in the parade sail high above the crowd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

HADLEY HEATH MANNING: The covetousness crisis

By Hadley Heath Manning

Vermont warns of tough driving before Thanksgiving

Associated Press