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Amanda Terkel

Medal Honoring Drone Pilots Faces Bipartisan Backlash

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A new medal that would honor drone pilots and cyber warriors and outrank battlefield combat medals such as the Purple Heart and Bronze S...

Amanda Terkel

Next Congress Will Have Fewest Military Veterans Since World War II

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The 113th Congress that takes office in January will have the fewest military veterans since World War II, although the number of member...

My Memorial Day Plans

Tireak C. Tulloch | Posted 07.27.2012 | Impact
Tireak C. Tulloch

Last year a good friend of mine told me of how she felt of me being able to go to many places in honor of my fellow veterans. I don't consider it a vacation on any level, but as a way of continuing my duty. I believe this is how many veterans of my era and previous eras feel, as well.

Veterans and Service Member Benefits -- A Deal's a Deal

Laurence J. Kotlikoff | Posted 06.02.2012 | Politics
Laurence J. Kotlikoff

We promise to provide the veterans and active service members with the full set of benefits available at the time they signed up. That set of implicit, but sacred, promises is now being threatened.

WWII Vet Gets Bronze Star, 68 Years Late

Forest Hills Patch | Posted 02.10.2012 | Impact

Arno Heller, a Rego Park resident and World War II veteran, earned a Bronze Star for his commitment to duty — it just came a little late. During ...

New Lenox, IL: Facing Financial Mess, American Legion Gets to Work

newlenox.patch.com | Posted 12.13.2011 | Home

"We're trying our damnedest to keep the doors open."...

Chinese American WWII Vets Remember Flying Tigers Days

Victoria Moy | Posted 12.03.2011 | New York
Victoria Moy

Last week, Chinese American World War II veterans of the legendary Flying Tigers reunited for their 68th Anniversary in New York City.

Minneapolis Message to Obama Was Clear: Bring the War $$ Home

Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.01.2011 | Politics
Coleen Rowley

Most of the mainstream media did not do a very good job reporting on Obama's August 30 speech in Minneapolis nor on the protest outside the National Convention of the American Legion to whom he spoke.

Amanda Terkel

Time To Bring Home Sailors Buried 200 Years Ago In Libya?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.22.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen U.S. sailors who died in 1804 during the First Barbary War and were buried in Tripoli, Libya, may finally be coming home, if th...

BASEBRAWL: Wild Fracas Erupts During American Legion Game

Posted 10.09.2011 | Sports

A shocking fight between two American Legion baseball teams left onlookers stunned and both squads booted from the Southeast Regional Tournament. ...

$20 Buys All The Bull Testicles You Can Eat And Whisky You Can Drink

AOL Weird News | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

There's quite a deal being offered in DC this weekend, assuming you have the balls to stomach it. On Saturday night, roughly 500 people are expecte...

Saki Knafo

On Memorial Day Weekend, Veterans Remember Those Who've Died (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.30.2011 | Impact

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com * * * * * What does Memorial Day mean to you? Anthony Borrelli answered ...

Veterans Groups Turn To Twitter, Facebook

Army Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Some traditional veterans' groups have updated their recruiting campaigns, using social media to attract younger veterans....

Amanda Terkel

High-Level Military Panel: Ban On Women In Combat Is Discriminatory

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A high-level military advisory panel is set to recommend that the armed services overturn its policy barring women from serving in comba...

'Unlawful And Dishonest': Vets Furious That Prudential Collects Insurance On Military Death Benefits

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The American Legion, the largest U.S. veterans' service organization, told a judge that Prudential Financial Inc.'s practice of collecting interest on...

Left Unsaid: Obama, the Bushes, the CIA, and the Media

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Russ Baker

Presumably, Obama called Bush -- because in a tough midterm election year he would like to emphasize the bipartisan nature of his foreign policy. But it would be nice to know more about how and why these tidbits emerge.

Obama's Iraq Speech: Ditch "Mission Accomplished" for "Shared Sacrifice"

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christine Pelosi

Instead of "Mission Accomplished," President Obama should do what was not done when the war began -- call upon all Americans to join in "Shared Sacrifice."

Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Hal Donahue

The Department of Defense (DoD) is denying our troops the best medical treatment. "From: Perry, Cyndi I Ms CIV USA MEDCOM HQ Sent: Thursday, April 0...

Fort Hood Killings: No Safe Place from Invisible Wounds of War

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christine Pelosi

In the wake of the massacre there will be a tendency to say one man snapped. The truth is anyone could have snapped -- and we need to de-stigmatize PTSD and mental health before someone else does.

Lone Wolves and Missing Bodies: Denying the Reality of Rightwing Terrorism

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Why aren't we hearing from responsible voices on the Right who, while defending their colleagues' freedom of speech, deplore incitements to hatred or violence?

Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jon Soltz

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

Harry and Louise Put the Long Knives to the VA

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Peter J. Ognibene

With unemployment and homelessness on the rise in general and among veterans in particular, tens of thousands of low-income veterans will likely wind up without healthcare.

McCain No Friend to Vets

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Peter Dreier

McCain consistently voted against increasing funding for the Veterans' Administration, which oversees all medical care for veterans.

GI's Guide to the New GI Bills

Victor LaPorte | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Victor LaPorte

Support our troops and veterans. Support the 21st Century GI Bill!

Another E-mail Worth Reading -- A Retired Rear Admiral Visits American Legion and VFW Posts, Hears About Reaction to Clinton and Obama

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lanny Davis

The Democratic Party has its work cut out for it with Vets if Hillary does not get the Democratic nomination. Senator Obama has zero traction in the VFW and American Legion Halls.