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Lt. Choi Won't Lie for His Country

Amy Goodman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Amy Goodman

Lt. Dan Choi's pre-existing conditions -- being gay and being honest about it -- may be enough to keep him out of the Veterans Affairs health care system for life.

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Dean Allen: GOP Candidate Raffles Off AK-47 At South Carolina Campaign Rally Called "Machinegun Social" (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — A candidate to be South Carolina's next National Guard leader skipped the fiery speeches for firepower, launching his campaig...

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Dan Rather's $70 Million Case Against CBS Moves Forward

Reuters | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Monday rejected CBS Corp's (CBS.N) bid to dismiss former TV news anchor Dan Rather's $70 million law...

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They're baaaack: the black helicopters of Yoder

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Air Force Academy, Alan Prendergast, Fort Carson, Joel Hefley, Ken Salazar, National Guard, Peterson Air Force Base, Shellie Kirby, Home News

All Shellie Kirby wants is a place where she and her husband Mark can live in peace with their Spanish mustang, Rebel, and their other hors...

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A Soldier's March For Peace, and Why Social Media Really Matters

Lauren Melcher | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, National Guard, Twitter, Military, Social Networking, A Soldier's March for Peace, Dina Fesler, Facebook, War Kids Relief, Gunnar Swanson, Living News
Lauren Melcher

Gunnar Swanson is an Iraq war veteran who wants to make sure we all think about kids in war zones and how to ensure that they have opportunities for productive and healthy futures.

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Drug War: Obama May Send 1,500 National Guard Volunteers To Mexican Border

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Barack Obama, Mexico Drug Wars, Mexico Drug War, Mexico Drug Violence, National Guard, Us Mexico Drug Wars, Drug War, World News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug e...

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Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deferments, Doma, Enda, The Scarlet Letter, President Obama, Obama-Dadt, Military Draft, Senator Reid, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, National Guard, Victor Fehrenbach, Stonewall Riots, Steny Hoyer, Vietnam, Hester Prynne, Rachel Maddow, White House March, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The protests against these shameful, archaic rules are growing louder by the day among progressives of all stripes, gay and straight.

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National Guard: Gates Weakening Security

The Hill | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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National Guard leaders from 48 of the 50 states sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services committees on Thursday warning that a budget deci...

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National Guard Troops Could Be Sent To Mexico Border To Fight Drug War

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan, Spencer S. Hsu and Steve Fainaru | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Homeland Security, Mexico Drug War, US Military, Mexico Drug Cartels, Obama Administration, Mexico, Obama, Us Mexico Drug Trafficking, Barack Obama, Mexico Drugs, US-Mexico Border, Mexico Drug Violence, Mexico Drug Wars, National Guard, World News

The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 m...

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Obama May Move National Guard To Mexican Border In Escalating Drug War

McClatchy | Maria Recio | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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President Obama weighed in Wednesday on the escalating drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that he was looking at possibly deploying National G...

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National Guard To Pull Out Of New Orleans After 3 1/2 years

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 03.30.2009 | Home

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NEW ORLEANS — Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weeke...

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Native American Veterans Fight VA and Lose

Tim Giago | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Native American Veterans, National Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration, Department of Veteran Affairs, Disability, Social Security Benefits, Social Security Disability Claims, Veterans, Politics News
Tim Giago

Andy Torress was denied disability pension by the VA, but when he took his medical records to the Social Security Administration, they approved him for 100 percent disability.

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The National Guard Made Me Proud Today

Frank Naif | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, National Guard, US Military, Military, Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration, Politics News
Frank Naif

The most heartening thing about seeing the National Guard at the inauguration: people who paused to have themselves photographed with these guys in uniform. And offer them hot drinks.

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How Not To Respond To -- or Recover From -- A Major Disaster: An Indelible Legacy of Presidential Incompetence

Irwin Redlener, M.D. | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Air Force One, Gulf Coast, Reconstruction, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, September 2005, Bush Legacy, Bush Mistakes, National Guard, Politics News
Irwin Redlener, M.D.

The fact is that the recovery from Katrina has been painfully slow. At least 25% of people who lived in New Orleans prior to Katrina have not returned, many now permanently relocated.

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Coming Home

Darryle Pollack | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Texas, Iraq War, Coming Home, National Guard, US Soldiers, War, Fort Bliss, Vietnam, Iraq, Returning Soldiers, Veterans, Family, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Since my daughter joined the military community, she has opened my eyes to the military lifestyle, as foreign to me as another planet.

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Re: Scott Kesterson's "The Other Side of Paradise"

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Sean Gilfillan

The one thing that all US Army personnel have in common is their choice to wear the uniform and volunteer to serve the nation, regardless of who is in charge and regardless of if they agree.

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The National Guard and John McCain -- Oil and Water

Brig. Gen. David McGinnis | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Brig. Gen. David McGinnis

Throughout his congressional career Sen. McCain has demonstrated little interest in the existence, much less the welfare, of the National Guard and those serving in it.

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What They Should Be Talking About In Pennsylvania

Bobby Muller | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Guard, Veterans for America, Pennsylvania National Guard, Iraq, 2008 Election, Afghanistan, Citizen Soldiers, Politics News
Bobby Muller

The citizen Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard have borne a disproportionate share of the burden of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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I am the Warrior

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

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Matt Mendelsohn

Remember the war in Iraq? Sadly, I didn't think so. Between all the truly grave dangers facing our country -- the economic crisis, the election, Sara...

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Illinois National Guard Starts Largest Deployment Since WWII

AP | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

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CHAMPAIGN - The largest deployment of Illinois National Guard troops since World War II is preparing to head to Afghanistan to help battle a growing i...

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Biden's Son Deploys To Iraq, Joe Sends Off Troops (VIDEO)

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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DOVER, Del. -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told his son and other Delaware National Guard troops on Friday that his heart was "fu...

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Alaska National Guard Members Aren't Getting What They Need, and Governor Palin Is Complicit

Bobby Muller | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Bobby Muller

The Alaska National Guard needs their governor to advocate and fight for their needs -- not exploit their deployments for her own political advantage.

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The Disposable Military: "The Tumor of The Unknown Soldier"

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cancer, National Guard, SPC Gregory Anton, War Wound, Army, U. S., Camp Doha, Congress, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, Soldier, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

Recently, the Chaplains at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC who houses 800 ill and recovering soldiers at a time, has begun weekly tributes at...

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ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Cognitive Rehabilitation, Iraq War, National Guard, Abc, US Military, Iraq Veterans, Mental Health, Bob Woodruff, Brain Health, Traumatic Brain Injury, John Edwards, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Iraq, Lee Woodruff, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Sometimes Bob tells me he is not the person I married. And then, as I mention in the book, I laugh and reply "I am not either. I'm older, wiser and more wrinkled."

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Seth Colter Walls

Palin's "Commander In Chief" Position Stripped By Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Republicans have been touting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's service as "commander in chief" of the state's National Guard as proof of her foreign policy c...

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