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Advocate for military families on what wartime deployment means at home

NPR | By Vincent Acovino,

Juana Summers, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published March 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM CST

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families, about the challenges that military families face around deployment.

Vincent Acovino

Juana Summers

Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, alongside Ailsa Chang, Ari Shapiro and Mary Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered in June 2022.

Patrick Jarenwattananon