Female Veterans

Report: 30,000 Single Mothers Deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan

Aaron Glantz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home


Aaron Glantz

More than 30,000 single mothers have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army, the most heavily deployed branch of the military, gives women just four months to stay stateside with their newborns.

Open Letter to Veterans Affairs Nominee Gen. Eric Shinseki

Joseph A. Violante | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Violante

The history of veterans funding is so consistently poor that even when Congress has gotten the funding level right, it has been late. Imagine trying to run a private sector health care system without knowing your budget.

Female Veterans Report More Sexual, Mental Trauma

CNN | Randi Kaye and Ismael Estrada | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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