Eventually, after commentator Oren Nahari did a yeoman job of simultaneously translating all of the greetings by Bush, Olmert and Peres, we were brought up to face veteran anchorman Ya'acov Achimeir.
Bouchard put together three solid victories including a third-rounder against former Australian Open finalist and top-10 player Dominika Cibulkova, and prepared to face veteran Roberta Vinci in the fourth round of the singles.
At the Olympics, Flatt and Nagasu relative newcomers on the senior skating scene will face veteran skaters like Canada's Joannie Rochette, 24, a silver medalist at the 2009 worlds, and Japan's Miki Ando, the former world champion, who won her two Grand Prix assignments last year.
Promoter Frank Warren wants WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly to face veteran Bernard Hopkins at the Cardiff City Stadium in the summer.
Mr. Sirulnick played down concerns that "Homecoming" overstates the challenges facing veterans.
He also recommends that medical schools encourage discussion about the major stresses facing veterans today, such as suicide, substance abuse and occupational disability.
It is important, however, to understand these events as symptomatic of a broader challenge facing veterans, and the country as a whole.
Naturally, many of them joined the Pentagon, which has suffered the largest cuts of any department.As America draws down its remaining troops in Afghanistan, the challenges facing veterans may become larger still.
Moreover, many health care problems facing veterans do not emerge until years after they leave military service, so being able to look at their entire medical history could be useful to researchers.
Also on CNN will be Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, former vice chief of staff of the Army, and Senator Patty Murray of Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, who will discuss the issues facing veterans.
