Advocate for military families on what wartime deployment means at home

NPR | By Vincent Acovino,

Juana Summers, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published March 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM MST

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 political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.

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Patrick Jarenwattananon

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