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Veterans Affairs

What Color Is The Sky In Palin's World?

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Iraq War, Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Troops, Sarah Palin, President Obama, F-22, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Palin's saying Obama wasn't acknowledging the sacrifices of our troops can mean only two things: either her mind exists on an entirely different planet, or she knows she's being completely disingenuous.

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"A Soldier is A Terrible Thing to Waste"

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

In word-wise America, "sacrifice" has triumphed as the socially polite term for referring to the thousands of American lives lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, with no end in sight.

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Happy Veterans Day Grandpa - Sorry Grandma Forgot

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, Grandparents, Family, Veterans, Veterans Day, Politics News
Danielle Cavallucci

Excited to abduct my grandmother this morning, in hopes of whisking her off to the National Cemetery in Riverside where my grandfather and aunt lay, I...

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Veterans: Casualties of the Drug War

Daniel Robelo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veteran, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, United States Armed Forces, Traumatic Brain Injury, War in Iraq, Drug Policy Institute, Substance Abuse, Veteran's Day, Veteran's Affairs, War on Drugs, Iraq, Ptsd, Tbi, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News
Daniel Robelo

It's a sad day in America when, instead of being offered compassion and treatment, veterans struggling with substance abuse and PTSD as a result of their service are locked up for these conditions.

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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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Veteran's Day Quotes: 15 Best, Most Famous Remembrance Day Sayings

Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Holidays, Best Veterans Day Quotes, Veteran's Day, US Military, Military, Veterans Affairs, Armistice Day, Veteran's Day Quotes, Veterans Day Quotes, Remembrance Day Sayings, Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day Quotes, Veterans Day Sayings, Most Famous Veterans Day Quotes, Famous Veterans Day Quotes, Veteran Quotes, Veterans Day Quote, Veteran Day Quotes, Quotes About Veterans, Veterans Quotes, Home News

Veteran's Day Quotes are not hard to come by, but here's a compilation of some of the best and most famous in one place. "Freedom is never free." -...

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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 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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Michelle Obama Thanks Veterans Affairs Employees

Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Services, Veterans Affairs, Michelle Obama, VA Hospital, Veterans, Impact News

Michelle Obama paid a visit to the Veterans Affairs headquarters on Tuesday, part of a tour of all cabinet department headquarters, and thanked VA emp...

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Much Good Is Done By Government Workers

Max Stier | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, Don Burke, Multiple Sclerosis, Cia, Beijing Olympics, Public Opinion Polls, Thomas Waldmann, Public Opinion, Mumbai Attacks, Iraq, Janet Kemp, Michael German, Sean Dennehy, Gallup, Patricia Guery, Aids, Anti-Government, Intellipedia, Campylobacter, Politics News
Max Stier

Lost in the inflammatory rhetoric is what our government and its dedicated public servants accomplish every day -- the delivery of vital services to deal with seemingly intractable problems.

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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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Sen. Mark Udall and VA Secretary Shinseki Finger Pointing on Tim Masters Case

Michael D. Brown | Posted 11.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: GI Bill, Mark Udall, Veterans Affairs, Susan Greene, Tim Masters, Eric Shinseki, Denver Post, Veterans, Denver News
Michael D. Brown

Tim Masters has been busy trying to rebuild his life after almost ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now he does not have access to the GI benefits he deserves.

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What Happens When the VA Actually Cares About Vets

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Va, GI Bill, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Lynn Nelson, Tammy Duckworth, Veterans, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

During the last administration, it took major scandals to get anything fixed in the Department, and then it was never corrected at this level.

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House Committee Questions $24 Million In VA Employee Bonuses

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Bonuses, Tom Perriello, Scott Gould, Bonuses, Veterans, Politics News
Dawn Teo

During just the last fiscal year, VA executives received more than $4.3 million in bonuses.

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My Life with Public Health Care

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Single Payer, Veterans Affairs, Va, Department of Agriculture, Public Option, Vha, Health Care, Veterans Health Administration, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

I look back on my almost 25-year-long life of being treated by public health care, and am honestly insulted by the misinformation that comes from anti-reformers.

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Hey, Don't Save Me From Government Health Care!

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, US Military, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Military, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Votevets, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Tricare, Politics News
Jon Soltz

If government-run insurance and care is so evil and so horrible, then why do conservatives keep supporting leaving America's troops and veterans in that kind of system?

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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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GAO: VA Failing to Serve Women Warriors

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, Patty Murray, Veterans, Women Warriors, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Health Care, Troops, Government Accountability Office, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

This week, the Government Accountability Office released a stunning new report detailing significant barriers that many female veterans face in accessing health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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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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Veterans Step Out Of Camouflage And Into The Renewable Energy Industry

newsweek.com | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Veterans Affairs, u.s. Veterans, Renewable Energy Industry, Veterans, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

You might think that Dan Leary, now 32, had other things to worry about when he decided he'd start a solar company. In 2005, while on active duty in t...

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Free Linux Software Bridges Brazil's Digital Divide

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Casas Bahia, Carter Center, Microsoft, Pro Info, Wal-Mart, Linus Torvalds, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, Brazil, Linux, Fnac, Debian, Va, Veterans, Obamacare, Obama Health Care, Veterans Affairs, Ware, Vatican, Rerum Novarum, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Fifty million Brazilian students will have Christmas in July when software Santa slips down the chimney to give them a free ticket on the information highway.

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Hearing to air VA mistakes with hospital equipment

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Affairs, VA Mistakes, Veterans With HIV, HIV and Veterans, Exposed Vets to HIV, Va, HIV-Positive Veterans, Politics News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment t...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stigma, Mental Health, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Penn State University, Air Force, War in Iraq, Veterans, Department of Homeland Security, Iraq War, U.S. Coast Guard, Marines, Army, Janet Napolitano, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Department, US Navy, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Surviving Within: Helen Benedict Uncovers the Harsh Realities of Women in the Military

Christian Avard | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sexual Violence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Violence Against Women, Rape, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military, Veterans Health Administratino, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Iraq, War in Iraq, Veterans, Politics News
Christian Avard

Their seclusion, combined with the military's history of gender discrimination and the uniquely challenging conditions in Iraq, has resulted in a mounting epidemic of sexual abuse, physical degeneration, and emotional distress.

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