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Perry Claims Obama Encourages Unauthorized Immigration By Minors

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Immigration, Texas Rangers, Rick-Perry, Rick Perry, Department of Homeland Security, Rick Perry Border Security, National Guard, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border, Customs and Border Protection, Unauthorized Immigration, Border Enforcement, Border Security, Health and Human Services, Obama Border, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry accused the Obama administration last week of skirting its immigration enforcement duties to the point of encourag...

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May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen Kill Four Students At Kent State, 'The Most Popular Murders Ever Committed in America'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Kent State is America's Tiananmen Square. The photo of a young girl kneeling over the body of a dead student is etched on our collective retinas. But all these years later, it is still hard to comprehend. There is no resolution of this tragedy.

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Governors To Congress: Don't Cut 'The A-Team'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.27.2012

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The nations' governors are asking Congress to restore funding for the Air National Guard, saying that talks with the U.S. Department of Defense have f...

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Details Emerge On Bush National Guard Story

Texas Monthly | Joe Hagan | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: George Bush, National Guard, Bush, CBS News, Dan Rather Bush National Guard, Dan Rather, George W Bush, Bush National Guard, Politics News

Here it is, on a coat hook in midtown Manhattan: the Army-issue green shirt, with "CBS NEWS" written in white letters on the ID tag, that Dan Rather w...

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Patriotism and the Hero Factor

Deborah Swiss | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Military Families, National Guard, Princes and Dolls, Patriotism, Massachusetts National Guard, 1st Lt. Tania Carter, Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 1st Lt. Ana Monteiro, Heroes, Patriots' Day, Afghanistan, Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Impact News

I have never felt more patriotic than the day I spoke before the Massachusetts National Guard and got to meet some of the men and women who serve our country today.

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Over 65 Percent Of Companies Won't Hire Active Members Of The National Guard And Reserve

Ted Daywalt | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Vetjobs, Military Unemployment, Military Employment, National Guard, National Guard and Reserve Families, Military Families, Impact News

While much has been written about transitioning military finding jobs, not much attention has been given to the employment struggles military families...

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WATCH: Massive Brush Fire In Long Island Destroys Homes, Injures Firefighters

Posted 04.10.2012

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1,000 acres of land have been damaged, three buildings destroyed, and three firefighters injured by a raging brush fire on Long Island that started Mo...

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Brown Gets New Assignment

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Scott Brown, National Guard, Scott Brown Massachusetts, Scott Brown National Guard, 2012 Election, Video, Politics News

BOSTON -- Republican Sen. Scott Brown has transferred out of the Massachusetts Army National Guard to a unit in Maryland, allowing him to work in a ma...

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Doomsday Bill Faces Brutal Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Wyoming Legislature, Dan Zwonitzer, National Guard, National Governors Association Meeting, Wyoming-Doomsday-Bill, State and Local Government, Doomsday, National Governors Association, Wyoming Politics, Aircraft Carrier, Wyoming Aircraft Carrier, Matt Mead, Politics News

Wyoming lawmakers on Tuesday voted down the state's "Doomsday Bill," which among other things, called for the state to explore buying an aircraft carr...

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Too Many Young Veterans Can't Find Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: National Guard, Jobs Crisis, Labor Market, Military, Unemployment, Veterans Jobs, Young Veterans, Army Reserves, Veterans Unemployment, Veterans, Business News

Young military veterans saw little to celebrate in last week's much cheered unemployment report. Data released the same day by the Department of Labor...

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DADT To Return In Oklahoma?

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, National Guard, Video, Gay Rights, Mike Reynolds, Oklahoma National Guard, National Guard Don't Ask Don't Tell, Dadt Repeal, Obama Dadt, Dadt, The Equality Network, Oklahoma, Human Rights Campaign, Mike Reynolds Dadt, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, National Guard Dadt, Politics News

After President Obama repealed the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy in 2010, many Republicans quickly promised to reinstate it if they won...

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U.S.-Mexico Border To Become Less Militarized

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to reduce the number of National Guard troops deployed at the U.S. border with Mexico, the spo...

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1-855-VET-TALK Goes National

AP | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: National Guard, Video, Piscataway, New Jersey, Veteran Suicide, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Veteran Hotline, Veteran Crisis Hotline, Frank Lautenberg, Veterans, Impact News

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- A veteran-to-veteran help line established six years ago in New Jersey to provide crisis counseling and prevent suicides among the...

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WATCH: Last CA National Guard Troops Come Home

San Mateo, CA Patch | Laura Dudnick | Posted 02.02.2012

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Friends and family members gathered at the San Mateo National Guard armory Friday morning to welcome home more than 60 soldiers returning from Iraq. ...

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Senate Grants Governors' Wish

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.23.2011

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The U.S. Senate has moved forward with including dual status command as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. Long a wish of governors, the ...

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New York Pol Admits To Falsifying FIre Department Leave Request

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.14.2011

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The newly-elected county executive of Albany County, N.Y., admitted he took time off from his job as a local firefighter to campaign, not for National...

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Guard, Reserve Demonstrate Uncommon Sacrifice

Jason Kander | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: National Guard, National Guardsmen, Veterans Day, Veterans, Missouri, National Guard Missouri, Army Reserves, Impact News

One weekend a month, two weeks a year -- that old slogan would seem almost quaint if it weren't so outdated. This Veterans Day, the sacrifices of thousands of our guard and reserve families simply cannot be overstated.

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ReThink Review: Where Soldiers Come From -- On Soldier Worship

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Troops, Military, Afghanistan, Documentary, Ptsd, Where Soldiers Come From, Veterans, National Guard, Soldier Worship, Where Soldiers Come From Film, Where Soldiers Come From Documentary, Where Soldiers Come From Review, Entertainment News

Where Soldiers Come From should be required viewing for any young person considering joining the military, and really everyone else, whether you support our current wars or not.

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New Hampshire Senator Presses Military On Same-Sex Rights

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, National Guard, Jeanne Shaheen, Army National Guard, Defense of Marriage Act, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, New Hampshire, Gay Voices News

A New Hampshire senator is joining the fight to amend federal legislation which initially barred a returning National Guard member from bringing her s...

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Soldier Mom Surprises Daughter At School

AP | By ANNIE McCALLUM BITTER | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Soldiers Returning Home, Jeff Davis High School, Dannelly Elementary School, Soldiers Homecoming, Montgomery Alabama Schools, Soldier Mom, Rotc, Montgomery Alabama, Marine Corps Rotc, Alabama Schools, National Guard, Education News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama National Guard Master Sgt. Catina Hyatt has been deployed in Afghanistan for months, but she got back this week just in ti...

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After Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Former Lt. Dan Choi Doubles Down On His Fight For Gay Equality

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, National Guard, Army, Military, Obama LGBT, LGBT Rights, Dan Choi, Defense of Marriage Act, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, World News

By Kevin Douglas Grant, GlobalPost NEW YORK — The American gay rights movement marks a milestone Tuesday — the official end of the U.S....

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Carson City Shooting: Mental Illness Compromises National Security

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Nevada, IHOP Shooting, National Guard, Edwardo Sencion, Mentally Ill, Carson City, Crime News

The shooting of eleven individuals and death of three uniformed members of the National Guard at a Carson City IHOP by Edwardo Sencion shows it may be time to look at the national security implications of letting people with serious mental illness go untreated.

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Suspect In Deadly IHOP Shooting Identified

AP | SANDRA CHEREB and OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: National Guard, Video, Ihop, Eduardo Sencion Ihop, Crime, Eduardo Sencion Ihop Shooting, Carson City-Nevada, IHOP Shooting, Nevada, Eduardo Sencion, Ak-47, Carson City, Crime News

CARSON CITY, Nev. — One was an Iraq War veteran who loved military history. Another was an Afghanistan war vet and fitness buff. Still another w...

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Scott Brown Gets National Guard Training In Afghanistan

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Scott Brown is winding up a weeklong training session in Afghanistan as a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Br...

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Paying Tribute to a Fallen Friend

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Iowa, Bruce Braley, National Guard, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Army National Guard, Dubuque, Iowa National Guard, Andrew Connolly, Politics News

Most of us -- if we're lucky -- meet a handful of people in our lifetime who change the way we look at life, and the way we think about ourselves. Andrew Connolly is one of those people who changed my life.

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