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

Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dod, Fort Hood, Troops, Army, Army Suicides, Suicide, Ptsd, American Legion, Veterans, Fort Hood Shootings, Walter Reed, Politics News
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.

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

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rightwing Terrorism, Civil Liberties, Hudson Institute, Alan Berg, Newt Gingrich, American Legion, Mike Allen, Sean Hannity, Arianna Huffington, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
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?

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News
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.

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Harry and Louise Put the Long Knives to the VA

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry and Louise, Department of Veterans Affairs, Clinton Health Care Plan, Jon Stewart, President Obama, Va, Health Insurance, Coordination of Benefits, The Daily Show, American Legion, Politics News
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.

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McCain No Friend to Vets

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, Vfw, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mccain Voting Record, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, John McCain, Politics News
Peter Dreier

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

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GI's Guide to the New GI Bills

Victor LaPorte | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, American Veteran, Veteran, Iraq, Sen. Webb, Student Veterans of America, Jim Webb, Sen. Graham, Republican, John Warner, Iava, Sen. McCain, Vietnam, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John McCain, G.I. Bill, Tuition, Sva, Room, 21st Century GI Bill, Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, Democrat, Wwii, Lindsey Graham, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Chuck Hagel, Bipartisan, Sen. Warner, Frank Lautenberg, Student Loans, G.I., Sen. Hagel, S.22, Board, Gi, Sen. Lautenberg, Vfw, Amvets, S22, Politics News
Victor LaPorte

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

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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 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senator Hillary Clinton, Vfw, Senator Clinton, Veteran Voters, Rear Admiral David Stone, Senator McCain, Senator Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kentucky Primary, American Legion, Politics News
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.

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Iowa Veterans Want U.S. Out of Iraq, Turn Toward Democrats

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Vfw, 2008 Iowa Caucus, Mccain, Clinton, Pakistan, Middle East, Obama, 2008 Election, American Legion, Foreign Policy, Veterans, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Iowa Caucuses, John Kerry, Iowa Politics, u.s. Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Iowa Caucuses, Benazir Bhutto, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Military Vote, Veterans' Benefits, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, 2008 Presidential Caucus, Home News
Dan Treul

Al Cannistraro, Jacqueline Cotrell, Christine Escobar, Kim Farris, Mike Germain, Kerri Glover, Matthew Moll, Gale Walden, Ellen Emerson White, and Ran...

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