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Mom Fights For Son Who Lost Both Legs, Suffered Brain Injury While Serving In Iraq

Christine Hill | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Va, Brain Cancer, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cindy Parsons, Shane Parsons, Speech Therapy, Iraq, Veterans, Beyond the Battlefield, Impact News
Christine Hill

Cindy Parsons gets a visible lump in her throat as she thinks about the future. "What's going to happen to my son?" she asks to anyone willing to lis...

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Honoring Women Who Serve

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Rep. Jackie Speier, US Military, Rape, Military, Memorial Day, Veteran's Administration, Rep. Jane Harman, Jane Harman, Va, Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act, Sexual Assault, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, Jackie Speier, Military Women, Stop, Women in the Military, Politics News
Nancy K. Kaufman

It is disturbing that many women service members believe that they are in more danger of experiencing sexual assault from their male comrades in arms than they are of being felled by enemy fire.

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VA To Add About 1,900 To Mental Health Staff

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Veteran Affairs Staff, Soldiers, US Military, Video, Mental Health, Military, Va, War, Ptsd, Eric Shinseki, Veteran Affairs, Veterans, Impact News

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it was increasing its staff of mental health workers by roughly 1,900, part of an ...

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Startup Creates A Facebook For Veterans

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Resources for Veterans, Jonathon Lunardi, Va, Veterans Advice, Veterans Administration, Veterans Resources, Paul McDonald, Veterans Help, Veteran Central, Small Business News

For soldiers returning home from the battlefield, settling back in to civilian life can be nearly as treacherous. According to the Bureau of Labor Sta...

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City Boasts Unique Ideas In Vet Housing To Combat Homelessness

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Spring Into Action, Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, Veteran's Manor, Video, Va, Department of Veteran Affairs, Veteran Homelessness, Vetspace, Project Reach, Veterans, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Impact News

One veteran housing complex is changing the way veterans are getting -- and providing -- help. The Veteran's Manor, an apartment complex in Milwau...

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Veteran Unemployment Drops, But Nonprofits Still Need To Fill In The Gaps

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Video, Va, Veteran Jobs, Afghanistan, Veteran Unemployment, Veteran Joblessness, VOW to Hire Heroes Act, Iraq, Veterans in Progress, Veterans, Impact News

WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate for military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan has dipped recently after months of riding higher than the national ...

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'Virginia Is For Lugars' Website Attacks Indiana's Dick Lugar

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Va., Video, Dick Lugar, Election 2012 Blog, Virginia Is for Lugars, 2012 Election, Dick Lugar Residence, Elections 2012, Mclean, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Democrats are almost as entertained by Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar's residency questions as Lugar's Republican primary opponent, state Treasurer Richard M...

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Eleanor Goldberg

Counting Homeless For A Night Leads To Unsheltered Populations In Need

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Homeless Count, Video, Department of Homeless Services, Manhattan Outreach Consortium, Va, Homeless, Veteran Homelessness, Hud, Exposure, HUD Homelessness, John Sepulveda, Impact News

While most New Yorkers were long curled up in bed at 1 a.m. Tuesday, Victoria Mohl was fighting back the January wind as she beelined for a shivering...

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Foundation Arms Vets With Benefits Information They Need To Get Hired

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Video, Va, Veteran Jobs, Veteran Unemployment, Raegan Rivers, Veteran Joblessness, VOW to Hire Heroes Act, Disabled Veterans National Foundation, Veterans in Progress, Veterans, Impact News

While President Obama's hiring incentives may eventually bring down the 13.1 percent veteran unemployment rate, a foundation is filling in the informa...

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Eleanor Goldberg

Disabled, Ill Vet Can't Get To Doctor After Thief Steals Car

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Video, Thief Steals Vet's Car, Va, Charity, Car Theft, Jessica Nasib, How You Can Help, Martha Fontaine, Armando Fontaine, Charitable Giving, Diabetes, Miami, Veterans, Impact News

UPDATED: Jan. 6, 2012 12 p.m. After watching MSNBC's segment about Armando Fontaine, a businessman from Coral Springs, Fla., -- who wishes to remai...

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Study: Half Of Returning Troops Aren't Using VA Medical Services

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Brandon Friedman, Centers for Disease Control, Video, Department of Veterans Affairs, Rachel Widome, Veterans Benefits, Va, Veterans Health Care, Veterans, Impact News

Though thousands of injured troops in need of medical care have recently come home, they're not taking advantage of the Department of Veterans Affairs...

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How Exactly The VA Is Working To End Vet Homelessness

Washington Post | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Veteran Homelessness, Homeless Vets, Veterans Affairs, Va, Impact News

Halfway into an ambitious five-year campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made enough progress t...

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'They Killed My Husband': Wife of Slain Vet In Vegas Blames VA

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Stanley Gibson Wife, Veteran-Treatment, Video, Department of Veterans Affairs, Vegas Vet, Va, Vegas Veteran, Stanley Gibson Va, Rondha Gibson, Veteran's Affairs, Stanley Gibson, Vegas Veteran Shot, VA Treatment, Veteran Shot by Police, Impact News

LAS VEGAS — An hour into a standoff with police, it was clear that Stanley Gibson was going nowhere. An unarmed Gibson sat at the wheel of his ...

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VA Offers $100 Million In Grants To Prevent Veteran Homelessness

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: VA Homelessness, VA Homeless Grant, Video, Va, Veteran Unemployment, Homeless, Veteran Homelessness, Va Benefits, Veterans, Impact News

In an effort to keep veterans from turning to the streets, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will offer $100 million in gran...

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Suspect In East Coast Rapes Challenges Extradition To Virginia

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Virginia, Va., Law, Video, Rape, Prison, Crime, Connecticut, Extradition, Aaron Thomas, Ct., DC News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut judge on Monday agreed to send a man suspected in rapes along the East Coast to Virginia, where he faces more c...

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This Week In The Civil War

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Va., Virginia, History, Civil War, U.S. Congress, Slavery, Washington D.C., Capitol, D.C., Video, DC News

-- This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, Nov. 20: Federal forces this week in 1861 continue to press their blockade of the Southern coast....

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Amid Scrutiny, Strayer University To Buy Jack Welch Program

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Virginia, Va., Video, Education, Strayer University, College, Jack Welch, Herndon, Arlington, Jack Welch Management Institute, For-Profit Colleges, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Strayer University, the Northern Virginia-based for-profit college, is getting bigger even as its profits are down. Strayer, with more t...

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How You Can Help Veterans

Mike Erwin | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Brain Trauma, Va, Veterans Day, Team Red Whit and Blue, Post-9/11 Veterans, Ptsd, Veterans, Impact News
Mike Erwin

Recent studies underscore the VA's shortage of mental-health programs that are supposed to support an estimated 300,000 post-9/11 Veterans who have psychological wounds, namely, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury Forecasting this reality, I have an answer for any American who asks the question, "How can I help veterans?"

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Janean Chun

6 Resources To Help Veterans Start Small Businesses

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: SBA Veterans, Patriot Express Loans, Va, Small Business News and Trends, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans With Disabilities, Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Vetfran, Small Business News

Veterans in the private sector are at least 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than those with no active-duty military experience, according t...

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In God We Trust This Veterans Day

Sean Murphy | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Beyond the Battlefield, Wadsworth Chapel, Va, Veterans Health Care, Veterans Hospitals, Veterans, Veterans Day, Slidefreestyle, Los Angeles News
Sean Murphy

I became a hospice volunteer at the West Los Angeles VA to serve those who served, and learn what death had to teach. But a curious part of my study of life and death didn't happen at the bedside of veterans.

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5 Charged In Va. Halloween Candy Theft

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Candy, Virginia, Halloween, Va, Police, Crime, Prince Willam County Police, Prince William County, Teenagers, DC News

DALE CITY, Va. -- Police in Virginia say five teenagers have been charged with beating two youngsters who wouldn't hand over their Halloween candy. P...

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Virtue Grain & Feed's Outdoor Deck Permit Goes Before Virginia Supreme Court

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Virginia, Va., Law, Alexandria Circuit Court, Video, Old Dominion Boat Club, Land Use, Old Town Alexandria, Alexandria, DC Real Estate, Virginia Supreme Court, Virtue Feed & Grain, Alexandria Waterfront Redevelopment, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Ah, the "Virtues" of outdoor dining. They're about to go before the Virginia Supreme Court. In May 2010, Alexandria's Planning C...

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Eric Cantor's Know-Nothing Wealth Disparity Speech: "Every Man a Billionaire"

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Infrastructure, Education, Freddie Mac, Housing, Freedom, Wealth Disparity, Va, Fannie Mae, Democracy, 1930s, Public Education, Real Estate, Eric Cantor, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Even more egregious than Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-VA) cowardly retreat (because it was open to the public) from delivering a speech on wealth disparity is what this undelivered speech actually said.

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Va. Board Reconsiders Anti-Discrimination Measure on Gay Adoptions

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Virginia, Law, Equality, Video, Gay Rights, Va, Bob Mcdonnell, Ken Cuccinelli, Families, Gay Adoption, Adoption, Parents, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 20,000 same-sex Virginia households would still be prohibited from adopting or fostering children under commonwealth law, even if...

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Alexandria Officials OK Plan To Join Capital Bikeshare

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Virginia, Bike Culture, Capital Bikeshare, Dc, Video, Va, Alexandria, Bicycles, Alexandria City Council, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- City council members have voted unanimously to approve a plan that will bring the D.C. area's Capital Bikeshare program to places l...

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