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Iraq Veterans

Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries

Aaron Glantz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Homeless Veterans, Afghanistan, Iraq War, Veterans Unemployment, Ptsd, Iraq, Recession, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Politics News
Aaron Glantz

Recently discharged vets are joining the swelling ranks of the country's unemployed. They bring to the job hunt both special skills and training and, often, the terrible traumas and injuries of their military experiences.

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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News
David A. Love

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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Our Veterans Deserve Our Thanks and Our Service

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, House of Representatives, Congress, Senate, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Homeless Veterans, Afghanistan, President Obama, Veterans Day, Iraq, Recession, Veterans, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Rep. Joe Sestak

The way we care for our veterans is a reflection of our society. We cannot neglect them in their own time of need, as we did following the Vietnam War.

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Tammy Duckworth Celebrates 'Alive Day' Five Years After Black Hawk Crash

The Washington Post | Ed O'Keefe | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tammy Duckworth Black Hawk, Veterans Affairs, Black Hawk Anniversary, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Duckworth Veterans Affairs, Politics News

Five years ago this week, an insurgent shot down the Army Black Hawk helicopter that Tammy Duckworth was co-piloting in Iraq. Now an assistant secreta...

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A Hero Remembered

Ryan McDermott | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Afghanistan, War Wire, Afghanistan War, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News
Ryan McDermott

Regardless of one's views on the war, it is important to appreciate the service of those in uniform. We are a fortunate country to have such brave and patriotic troops to protect our freedoms.

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One Grizzled Veteran's Dream

William Astore | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Army, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Day, Navy, US Army, Air Force, US Air Force, US Navy, Veterans, Politics News
William Astore

On this Veteran's Day, what if we began to measure our national success and power not by our military arsenal or number of recruits, but rather by the very opposite of that?

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Veterans Treatment Courts: A Crucial Reintegration Strategy

James R. Knickman | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Veterans-Courts, Veterans Mental Health Care, Veterans, Mental Health, Ptsd, New York News
James R. Knickman

Our legal system must devise new ways to cope with the veterans in the criminal justice system for nonviolent offenses. The first veterans court, in Buffalo, New York, is already showing results.

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Veterans Day: Not for Sale

Ruth Stonesifer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Retail Sales, Veterans Day Sales, Veterans Day, Commercialism, Veterans, Politics News
Ruth Stonesifer

Somewhere along the way since WWII, America's retailers, not to mention the majority of our country's citizenry, lost their bearings and Veterans Day became just another commercial opportunity.

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Combat Paper: Using Art To Help Veterans

Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Combat Paper, Military, Veteran, Veterans Day, Military Uniforms, Paper, Veterans, Impact News

Combat Paper is presenting a creative way for veterans to contextualize what they've seen in war. Their goal is to help veterans use art to reconcile ...

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

Aaron Glantz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Iraq War, Female Veterans, Women, Iraq, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Home News
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.

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War Wounds

Robert Slayton | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Regenerated Femur Bone, Combat Injuries, Stem Cell, Iraq Veterans, Cartilage Regeneration, Army Times, Zyphoid Cartilage, Barbara Boyen, Abortion, Living News
Robert Slayton

Miracles, in other words, may be possible, if we can unleash our scientists and doctors to move ahead with new techniques to heal the sick and damaged.

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Banks Denying VA-Backed Mortgages

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Housing Administration, Shared-Work-Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Subprime Mortgages, Bearing Witness 2.0, Paid Sick Leave, Bearing Witness, Veterans, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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VA Late On GI Bill Checks

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Student Veterans, 21st Century GI Bill, University of Michigan, Patrick Campbell, Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, Veterans, Politics News

Bureaucratic delays have left veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill with no money to pay college bills. Patrick Campbell, chief legislative counsel fo...

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Energy, the Next Great Thing

Hal Donahue | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, White House, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Truman Project, Operation Free, Veterans, Transcontinental Railroad, Pakistan, Iran, Cold War, Erie Canal, Saudi Arabia, Space Race, Politics News
Hal Donahue

For 150 veterans assembled at the White House, the greatest immediate and long term threat to our national security is climate change and energy policy.

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Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled bac...

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Leydi Mendoza, Soldier Deployed To Iraq, Now Fights To Regain Custody Of Daughter

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Iraq War, Daniel Llares, Iraq Veterans, New Jersey National Guard, Soldier Custody Battle, Custody Battles, Leydi Mendoza, New York News

PATERSON, N.J. — Spc. Leydi Mendoza stood alone among the hugging families in Fort Dix when she and 300 other members of the New Jersey National...

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Remembering an Amazing Marine, Candidate, and Man

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Hardball, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Bill-Cahir, Afghanistan, Bill Cahir, Killed-in-Action, Hardball Video, Votevets, Chris Matthews, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Jon Soltz

This week brought tragic news that among the painful and heartbreaking losses of those Killed in Action was Bill Cahir, a Marine Sergeant, killed in Afghanistan.

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Investing In Veterans

Hon. Eric E. Shinseki | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Iraq Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs Secretary, 21st Century GI Bill, War Wire, Gi Bill Passes Senate, Veterans GI Bill, New GI Bill, Obama GI BIll, Eric Shinseki, Veterans, Politics News
Hon. Eric E. Shinseki

Safely investing one's money requires a reasonable understanding of market forces. Here's an investment option that is guaranteed to pay high dividends for years: the education of America's Post-9/11 Veterans.

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Will Veterans Sit for $250?

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Obama Veterans Care, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Eric Shinseki, Veterans, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The Department of Veterans' Affairs should ask Congress to fund the change required to install a VKO. Now that's change we could believe in!

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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Slogging Towards Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: C-Span, Elaine Donnelly, Senate Appropriations Committee, Department of Defense, Colin Powell, Ike Skelton, Ann Coulter, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, Sen. Dan Inouye, Senate Armed Services Committee, Obama Administration, Admiral Mike Mullen, House Armed Services Committee, Robert F. Kennedy, Defense Secretary Gates, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, H.R. 1283, Eugene McCarthy, Iraq Veterans, Sen. Carl Levin, Martin Luther King, Human Events.com, "Summer of Love, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rep. Jared Polis, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The nation's armed forces are stretched thin, very thin. Repeal of DADT is a national security issue, first and last.

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"Good for the Jews?" or "Go Know!"

Norman Lear | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: John Varvatos, Iraq Veterans, Unemployment, Iraq, Media News
Norman Lear

I imagine my grandmother, Baba, overhearing a conversation about the ironic juxtaposition between the articles and ads in the Times and asking, "Good for the Jews?"

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VA Health Care for Women Veterans

Kayla Williams | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Women, Iraq Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Oif, Health Care, Women's Health, Veterans, Home News
Kayla Williams

Beyond the general public, even Veterans Affairs employees are still sometimes unclear on the nature of modern warfare and women's role in it, presenting challenges for women seeking care.

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Athena Crossing the Potomac

Rachel Natelson | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sikh, Women's Rights, Department of Veterans Affairs, US Military, Military Sexual Trauma, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Violence Against Women, Sexual Assault, Veterans, Emergency Contraception, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Iraq Veterans, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Military Sexual Assaults, Women and Politics, Politics News
Rachel Natelson

Many figures have decried the inequity of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the president and Congress to repeal the law. However, one community has remained resolutely silent: national veterans service organizations.

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Iraq Refugees Look to President's Lincoln and Obama

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraq Refugees, Department of Defense, United Nations, President Obama, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, State Department, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Middle East, Abraham Lincoln, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, World-Refugee-Day, Iraq, Refugees, Refugee Crisis, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, All for Good, World News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Why is there still no US-formulated "international strategic plan" to deal with the world's largest refugee crisis caused when our nation invaded Iraq over 6 years ago? On World Refugee Day, we can do better.

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