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Memorial Day

Memorial Day 2009 - A Look at Women in the Military

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Department of Veterans Affairs, Military Sexual Trauma, US Soldiers, Memorial Day, Ann Wright, Timothy J. Walz, Women in Afghanistan, Women in Iraq, Women in the Military, Women Veterans, Veterans, Gays in the Military, Iraq Veterans, Military, Service Women's Action Network, Homeless Veterans, Military Sexual Assaults, Helen Benedict, Swan, Mst, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Hopefully, in between the barbecues and the parades, our citizens will reflect on both the physical and emotional challenges that our service women have -- and continue -- to face.

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Honoring Our Nation's Veterans

Joseph A. Violante | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Afghanistan, Veteran Health, Memorial Day, Veteran Healthcare, Obama Veteran Care, Health Care, Veterans, Politics News
Joseph A. Violante

One way to honor our veterans is to ensure they receive the care they were promised and deserve by enacting legislation to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care funding system.

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Waging the Battle at Home

Bob Woodruff | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Support Our Troops, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Weekend, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Ptsd, Soldier Injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News
Bob Woodruff

More than a holiday, Memorial Day is an enduring symbol of the responsibility we share to ensure that "support our troops" -- including those with hidden injuries -- isn't just a slogan.

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Tribute is Not Enough

Gen. Wesley Clark | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq PTSD, Charity, Ptsd, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News
Gen. Wesley Clark

The troops we honor are real people, many of whom have very real injuries. They and their families need our help to get back on their feet.

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Gas Prices Climb Before Memorial Day Weekend

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Traffic, Gas Prices, Holidays, Travel, Memorial Day Traffic, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK — Retail gasoline prices continued to climb Friday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of America's summer drivi...

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Smelling the Pasture

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Memorial Day, New York, New York-New York, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I wish I could think of something to say about the recession right now. I wish I could find an observation to make about the realities of the new eco...

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Memorial Day Travel Awards: Best and Worst on the Road

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Hotels, Travel, Memorial Day, Airlines, Air Travel, New York, Style News
Tom Vander Ark

Dial7.com are always on time even to hard to find addresses in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. I wish there was a worldwide Dial7.

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Make Your Own Signature BBQ Sauce: A Taxonomy of America's Regional BBQ Sauces

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorial Day, Barbecue Sauce, Barbecue, Rendezvous Rub, Ribs, Cooper's, Texas Mop Sauce, Piedmont, North Carolina, Hot Sauce, Kansas City, Brisket, Dry Rub, Alabama, Louisiana, Jack Daniels, Lexington Dip, Bbq, Memphis, South Carolina, Low Country, Pork, Pulled Pork, Big Bob Gibson's, Barbeque, Memorial Day Weekend, Style News
Craig

Barbecue has evolved along disparate paths around the nation, led down these trails by the racial and ethnic immigrants who settled there. Indeed, barbecue sauce is a cultural phenomenon.

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Memory, War, and the Memory of War

Louis Bickford | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Memorial Day, Bush Torture, Cheney Torture, Torture Memos, Abu Ghraib, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News
Louis Bickford

Extreme violations of human rights in any context, including a war, are too important to forget. We want future generations to remember that we insisted on accountability for them.

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A Genuine Memorial Day

Rick Allen | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Memorial Day 2009, Snagfilms, Iraq War, Memorial Day, Steven Spielberg, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Pearl Harbor Day, Politics News
Rick Allen

SnagFilms is presenting a slate of films this Memorial Day weekend that enable us all to honor the fallen, and to reflect on our own duties of remembrance and conduct.

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Make Memorial Day Meaningful

Kim Cattrall | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Sex and the City, Charity Organizations, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Memorial Day, Veterans, Veterans Day, Living News
Kim Cattrall

I'm honored to have the opportunity to do something that helps the hundreds of thousands who continue to suffer the wounds of war long after the fighting on the battlefield has ended.

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Memorial Day: A History

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Memorial Day, American History, Mother's Day, Abraham Lincoln, Julia Ward Howe, Civil War, Pacifism, Peace, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

'Why don't the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?'

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Tips for a Healthy Trip to the Beach this Memorial Day

Nancy Stoner | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Sewage, Tourism, Beachreport, Waterprogram, Stormwater, Beaches, Memorial Day, Vacation, Green News
Nancy Stoner

Before you dip into the water, you should be aware that swimming at your local beach can make you sick.

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The Perfect Day to Start a Diet ...

Kim Bensen | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, How to Eat Healthy, Losing Weight, Weight Loss Success, Memorial Day, Dieting, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off, Living News
Kim Bensen

I wondered when the best time for a diet would be. Surely there must be a lull, some sort of break from food-focused festivities in a twelve month span.

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Caring for the Caregiver this Memorial Day

Lee Woodruff | Posted 06.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Woodruff Family Fund, Bob Woodruff, Memorial Day, Tweet to Remind, Wounded Vets, The Giving Life, Veterans, Caregivers, Living News
Lee Woodruff

For the one in four people in this country who are caregivers, people parenting their parents or dealing with a sick, injured or disabled loved one, Memorial Day may not be any break at all.

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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

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Memorial Day, Abu Ghraib Film, Opens in NYC

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Memorial Day, Film, New York City, Brooklyn, Abu Ghraib, Memorial Day Movie, Entertainment News
Ryan J. Davis

Memorial Day begins with a group of young Americans partying at a beach town over their holiday break and follows their army service at an Iraqi Prison.

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A Salute to Those Who Have Fought For Us

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, France, Alan Seeger, Flanders Fields, John McCrae, World War I, Memorial Day, Poppy, Belgium, Veterans Day, Willy McBride, Tim Sullivan, Armistice, Waterloo, Kaiser, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

Our honoring of Veterans Day suffers by comparison with Memorial Day, which has a similar purpose and is more widely observed as a holiday because it starts the U.S. summer season.

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Anti-Abortion Protesters Block the Liberty Bell

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Protests, Pro-Life, Memorial Day, Pro-Choice, Abortion Rights, Washington, Living News
Leora Tanenbaum

My children, ages six and eight, don't know about the birds and the bees. But now they know about abortion.

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What We've Learned: Bill Kristol's Memorial Day Column

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media

Read More: 23/6: News You Can Misuse, Memorial Day, New York Times, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol Column, 236.Com, Media News

When Bill Kristol was hired by the New York Times, it was announced that he would continue on as the editor of the Weekly Standard. This led many to b...

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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
Stephen Funk

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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McCain Defends GI Bill Opposition In Memorial Day Speech

AP | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Memorial Day, Mccain's Memorial Day Speech, GI Bill, McCain GI Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — John McCain on Monday defended his plan for veterans' college benefits, as both the war hero and Democratic rival Barack Obama reac...

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McCain: "Happy Memorial Day. Now Get Back to Iraq."

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home

Read More: GI Bill, John McCain, Veterans Benefits, G.I. Bill, Memorial Day, College, Afghanistan, Iraq, Barack Obama, Veterans, Obama GI BIll, McCain Iraq, Mccain Troops, GI Bill Mccain, Memorial Day Mccain, Veteran Benefits Mccain, Mccain New GI Bill, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

John McCain is afraid that if we give our soldiers a future, they may seize it, which is why he voted against the new G.I. Bill and why he is spinning that vote as patriotism and the product of experience.

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Memorial Day Statements: Bush, Obama, McCain

Huffington Post | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Memorial Day Remarks, Mccain Memorial Day Statement, Obama Memorial Day Statement, Memorial Day, Barack Obama, Mccain Memorial Day Remarks, George Bush, Bush Memorial Day Statement, Obama Memorial Day Remarks, John McCain, Politics News

As citizens around the country celebrate Memorial Day, President Bush, Senator McCain and Senator Obama gave remarks and issued statements honoring ve...

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Sacrificial Limbs

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Freedom, Afghanistan, Memorial Day, Bill Kristol, War, Bill Keller, Politics News
Kerry Trueman

This Memorial Day, most Americans are too busy struggling to feed their families, fuel their cars, and cling to the roof over their heads to spend much time thinking about the sacrifices our soldiers are making on our behalf.

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