Veterans Day

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Obama's War and Remembrance Day

Dave Lindorff | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2012 Election, Afghanistan Escalation, President Obama, Afghanistan War, Armistice Day, Veteran's Day, Politics News

It is, I would suggest, time for progressives to start searching for a serious, gutsy, plain-speaking candidate to challenge Obama for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2012.

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Ending Homelessness for Our Veterans

Nan Roman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: National Alliance to End Homelessness, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Veterans Day, Veterans, Homelessness Prevention, Impact News

The latest numbers show that 131,000 United States veterans will be homeless tonight. This number is approximately one-fifth of the entire homeless population.

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The First Green Veterans Day

Carl Pope | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Military Families, Sierra Club, Veterans Day, Climate Change, Green Veterans Day, Green News

Veterans Day had always been a day-off from environmentalism for me, but this year Veterans week was different. The Sierra Club was really, for the first time, a full participant.

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Family Of Veterans Evicted On Veterans Day

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment Rate, Tent Cities, Veterans Day, Dave Randlett, Bearing Witness, Pit Bull, Veterans, Michael Talton, Tent City, Thane Campground, Unemployment, Patrick Bettendorf, Chicago Urban League, Travers Marshall, Camping, Bearing Witness 2.0, Foreclosure, Don Cook Jr, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A family of six in Avon P...

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Accused Military Fake Steven Burton Charged: Man Allegedly Wore Unearned medals To Class Reunion

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A Palm Springs man who was never in the military has been charged with wearing the Navy's highest honor. Federal prosecu...

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On Veterans Day and Every Day, Goodwill Puts Vets to Work

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Homeless Vets, Goodwill Industries, Veteran Reintegration, Employment for Veterans, Jim Gibbons, Veterans, Veterans Day, Impact News

Goodwill fills a special need because it serves veterans who may feel shunned or misunderstood by other employment programs.

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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

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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Military Sexual Trauma - Seeking Justice

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

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While embedded with Marines during the invasion of Iraq, journalist Mercedes Gallego was cautioned that it was not safe to be alone. The reason, the servicewomen explained, was fear of being raped.

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Obama's Visit to Section 60 Reminds America of War Dead -- Again

Tom Matzzie | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60, Afghanistan, Veterans Day, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Politics News

President Obama chose to spotlight the ultimate sacrifice that so many of America's servicemen and women have made -- and the military families who carry those sacrifices as well.

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Keeping Vets Front and Center

Larry Eason | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Eleven-Eleven, Eleven-eleven.org, 11-11, Fort Hood, Vets, Veterans Day, Impact News

Veterans of every generation deserve our thanks and support. Lets also send a message to those serving today who will soon be veterans that we will be there for them. Please join me in 11 million people giving $11 by 11/11/2011.

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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

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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A Marred Holiday For One Arab American Vet

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fort Hood, Veterans Day, Iraq, Politics News

Rajai Hakki has tried to ignore the Fort Hood massacre. The 28-year-old Iraq War vet quit college to join the U.S. Marines after the terrorist attack...

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Messages To Fallen Soldiers: Myspace Memorials (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Mathew Palevsky/Mallika Rao | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, War on Terror, Iraq Death Count, Afghanistan, Veterans Day, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Myspace, Death, Politics News

Thousands of American men and women have lost their lives in the Global War on Terror since it began in 2001. For the loved ones left behind, the MyS...

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President Obama At Fort Hood Memorial

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ft Hood, Fort Hood, Military, President Obama, Speech, Chris Weigant, Veterans Day, Obama, Remarks, Memorial, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

I present the transcript of President Obama's remarks at yesterday's memorial service for those killed in the tragedy at Fort Hood in Texas.

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Veteran's Day: Your Stories and Memories

Matthew Palevsky/Zach Dorfman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Marines, US Soldiers, Mental Health, Vietnam War, Veterans Day, Vietnam, Agent Orange, Iraq, Veterans, Politics News

In honor of Veteran's Day, the HuffPost asked readers to send in stories and videos about those who served and how war has impacted your life. You can...

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Michelle Obama Veterans Day PHOTOS: Coat Season Kickoff! (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Style

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Michelle Obama kicked off coat season when she attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, wearing a teal J. Crew coat over a tu...

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Obama's Veterans Day: Honors Dead, Makes Surprise Visit To Graves

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, where they honored Veterans' Day and made a surprise v...

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Abandoning America's Soldiers: The Decay of The US Military

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Operation Desert Fix, Operation Desert Storm, Tallil Air Force Base, Amarillo VA, Burn Pits, Camp Lejeune NC, Army SSG. Gregory Wilson, Va, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, Agent Orange, Operation Desert Shield, Ft. Bragg NC, Marine Corps, Ptsd, Veteran's Day, War Wound, Albuquerque VA, Male Breast Cancer, Pyridostigmine Bromide, 82nd Airborne, Soldiers With Cancer, Ft. Campbell Kentucky, Veteran's Hospital, Permethrin, Ft. Hood Texas, Gulf War, CNN. R. B. Stuart, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cancerous Tumors, Dod, IED's, Living News

The inadequacy of the VA and a majority of military doctors in theater that fail to diagnose or misdiagnose is at the crux of the soldiers diagnosed with rare, advanced cancers.

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New G.I Bill Still Lags Behind the Times

Eric Baylor | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Gi Bi, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News

While the new GI bill increases support for tuition, books and expenses, it sorts veterans into two categories. Why are vets in online programs being segregated to determine our benefits?

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Poll: Vets Want To Keep Serving On Home Front

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Civic Enterprises Survey, Veterans Volunteer, Veterans Day, Volunteering, Community Involvement, Veterans, Impact News

The 1.8 million U.S. troops who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan appreciate our gratitude this Veterans Day. But what they really want, says a ...

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Holiday Mail For Heroes Kicks Off With Cards For Veterans Washington Event

AP | CHRISTINE SIMMONS | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

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WASHINGTON — Dozens of volunteers and passers-by are stopping by an American Red Cross building on Veterans Day to sign holiday greetings cards ...

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Remembering Patton's Liberators

Craig Crawford | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Holocaust, General Patton, Veterans Day, Politics News

This Veterans Day is a fine time to visit Soapbox Alert and help urge formal recognition for some WWII soldiers who liberated a prison camp.

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Golden Corral Offers Free Meal For Veterans, Military Personnel on Nov. 16, 2009

Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Golden Corral will be holding its 9th annual Military Appreciation Monday dinner on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in all Golden Corral r...

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Our Veterans Deserve Our Thanks and Our Service

Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, House of Representatives, Congress, Senate, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Homeless Veterans, Afghanistan, President Obama, Veterans Day, Iraq, Recession, Veterans, Joe Sestak, Politics News

The way we care for our veterans is a reflection of our society. We cannot neglect them in their own time of need, as we did following the Vietnam War.

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Veterans Day: 10 Classic American War Books (POLL)

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Michael Herr, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Books, Veterans Day, War and Remembrance, Slidepoll, Jarhead, A Farewell to Arms, War Novels, Thin Red Line, Bestsellers, Great War Books, Joseph Heller, Dispatch, The Things They Carried, Caputo, War Books, Tim O'Brien, American War Books, Catch-22, Stephen Crane, Classic War Books, The Red Badge of Courage, Books News

In honor of Veterans Day, we've put together a list of 10 great American war books. These range from the timeless classics to the modern, from those t...

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