Iraq Veterans

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The Battle Of Denver

Jeff Chang | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention Denver, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Politics News

This was a different kind of protest. The troops then saluted the riot police -- and there they stood, the veterans and the thousands behind them, mostly silent.

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U.S. Combat Deaths Down in Iraq -- But Soldier Suicides Continue

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suicides, Iraq Veterans, Warwire, Iraq, Vets, Veterans, War, Politics News

Despite the overall drop in U.S. deaths in Iraq there has been a spate of "noncombat" fatalities there in the past week. Also, Iraq vets continue to kill themselves at home at an alarming rate.

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Voter Registration for Vets

Heather Smith | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rock the Vote, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Voter Registration, Veterans, Politics News

In May the Department of Veterans Affairs banned voter registration drives in V.A. hospitals and other government buildings. Last week, the Senate int...

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The Ticking Iraqi Clock

John Bruhns | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, US Troop Deployments, Al-Qaida in Iraq, Iraqi Government, President Bush, US Troop Surge, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Politics News

The latest propaganda being formulated by those in a perpetual state of denial is that the Bush initiated this war and occupation as philanthropists for the Iraqi people. Explain that philanthropy to the 4.5 million Iraqi refugees.

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Time to Honor Our Fallen Heroes

Sen. Frank Lautenberg | Posted 08.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Lautenberg, Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Military, U.S. Military, Arlington Cemetary, Dover Air Force Base, Pentagon, Pentagon Propaganda, Iraq and Pentagon, Lebanon, Terrorism, War on Terror, Media, Media Coverage, Media News, Journalism, Political Journalism, Iraq War Journalists, Ethics in Journalism, New Jersey, New Jersey Senator, Senate, U.S. Senate, Frank Lautenberg, Walter Reed, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, First Amendment, Free Press, Bush Administration, Bush Administration Spin, George W. Bush, George Bush, Bush, President Bush, Funeral, Iraq War Funerals, Home News

We have had a long tradition of coming together as a nation to memorialize our fallen heroes--the men and women whose lives were lost on the battlefie...

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Suicide Hot Line Received Calls From 22,000 Veterans

AP | KATHARINE EUPHRAT | Posted 08.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Veterans, Suicide, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Warwire, Iraq Warwire, Home News

WASHINGTON — More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted,...

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Iraq Soldier's Mother Talks About Son's Suicide (VIDEO)

American News Project | Garland McLaurin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Suicides, Veteran Health, Warwire, Iraq Veteran Health, Iraq War, Iraq, Iraq Veterans, Marine Corporal James Jenkins, Home News

A Veterans Affairs emailed leaked to the public reported that an estimated 1,000 suicides attempts per month were being reported at VA medical facilit...

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Soldier Made Famous By Photo Dies From Overdose

The Pilot | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Returning Iraq, American Soldiers Iraq, Politics News

An Army medic whose image made the nation's front pages in the early days of the war in Iraq died in Pinehurst Saturday. Joseph Patrick Dwyer, 31, d...

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The Weapon of Mass Destruction Is Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Depleted Uranium, Iraq Veterans, Veterans and Cancer, Iraq Cancer, Va, Uranium, Cancer Soldiers, Politics News

With the DoD's denial that cancer is a "war wound," many soldiers are left inflicted with the life threatening illness, uncertain of their military careers and fearful of their own mortality.

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The Disposable Oath

Stan Goff | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Iran, Iraq Veterans, Constitution, Kucinich, Dennis Kucinich, Democrats Iraq, Iraq, War in Iran, Democrats, War in Iraq, Veterans, Politics News

The Democratic Party leadership is more interested in winning elections than they are in doing their sworn duty to uphold the Constitution.

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Tiny American Flags

Stephen Funk | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Military, Memorial Day, Gays in Iraq, Iraq, Veterans, Politics News

People in the military do not have 1st Amendment rights, though we are supposedly dying in Iraq so you can have those rights.

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Tell John McCain to Stand Up For Our Troops and Veterans

Alex Cornell du Houx | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Guard, John McCain, Iraq Veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Support the Troops, Afghanistan, Gi Bill Passes Senate, GI Bill, Marine Corps, Veterans, Politics News

When I joined the Marines, I didn't rely on the educational benefits advertised because I knew Congress hadn't fulfilled the promise of the G.I. Bill. It's disheartening to watch McCain cozy up to Bush at the expense of fellow veterans.

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Embedded With The Troops... in Aspen

Heather Buchanan | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Department of Veterans Affairs, Snowmass, Memorial Day, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Politics News

True to their indomitable spirit, these wounded warriors don't let something like paralysis or a missing leg or two prevent them from tearing up the mountain.

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Webb GI Bill Passes Senate, McCain Skips Vote

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Webb GI Bill, GI Bill, Jim Webb GI Bill, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War Funding, Politics News

*** UPDATE BELOW *** The Associated Press reports that the Webb GI Bill has passed the Senate: Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to...

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My Conversation with Phil Donahue on Body of War

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Body of War, Phil Donahue Documentary, Veterans, Phil Donahue, Politics News

Donahue's new film tells the story of a U.S. soldier severely wounded in Iraq and the difficult journey he's navigated following the attack.

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VA Lying About Number Of Veteran Suicides, Senator Charges

McClatchy | Les Blumenthal | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Warwire, Afghanistan, Senator Patty Murray, Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Veterans Suicides, Home News

The Veterans Administration has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing internal e-mail...

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Paralyzed Vet Turns Pain Into Protest Music

USA Today | Edna Gundersen | Posted 04.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq, Tomas Young, Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran, Iraq Veterans, Veterans, History Channel, Entertainment News

Bent on retribution, Tomas Young joined the U.S. Army two days after 9/11. When he learned he was being shipped to Iraq instead of Afghanistan, he say...

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Iraq, Afghan Vets Already Found At Homeless Shelters, Advocates Fear 'Tsunami'

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homeless, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Politics News

Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a rep...

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Suicide Rates Increase Among Iraq And Afghanistan Vets

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Living News

Hundreds of troops have come home from war, left the military and committed suicide. That is the finding of preliminary Veterans Affairs Department r...

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