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Veterans Day

5 Facts About Veterans And How You Can Help

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

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Veteran's Day only happens once a year, but our nation's veterans need our support year-round. We've pulled together five facts about U.S. veterans, t...

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Families, Caregivers Bear the Biggest Burden

Bob Woodruff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Bob Woodruff

This Veterans Day, after we raise the flag, we must raise awareness about wars hidden injuries, and what's required for injured service members, families and caregivers to have safe futures. Today, most troops wounded in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan are surviving their injuries. They fought our country's battles. Now they fight their own. Nearly 20 percent will report symptoms of PTSD or major depression.

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A Warrior on a Mission in Rush Limbaugh's Home District

Paul Begala | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Paul Begala

Rush Limbaugh's home congressional district, Missouri's 8th, may be about to redeem itself. This reddest of districts has a realistic chance of turning blue, and the reason is Tommy Sowers.

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Veteran's Day: Share Your Stories And Memories

Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Veteran's Day commemorates the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, when an armistice signaling the end of World War I des...

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Michael Bennet Is Securing Our Future

Angie Paccione | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

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Angie Paccione

I'm proud that Bennet has gone to bat for our veterans by co-sponsoring the "Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act," which will expand a program that encourages our veterans to become teachers.

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Applebees, Krispy Kreme, Other Chains Offer Free Food To Military On Veterans Day

Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

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Several restaurant chains are offering active duty military free meals or other products on Veterans Day. Applebee's is offering free meals with proo...

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Neither Fort Hood nor Hollywood: Warriors' Stories

Rick Allen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Rick Allen

To the schism arising in public attitudes about our foreign conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, we add the Ft. Hood reminder that military service raises dangers beyond reckoning for warriors.

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Honor Our Veterans by Learning More

Michael Foote | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver

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Michael Foote

There are 446,000 veterans in Colorado, making up 10% of our state's population. It is difficult to be successful and inclusive in this state without understanding the military and veterans.

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Veterans Day: Not for Sale

Ruth Stonesifer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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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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Veterans Day Lesson Plans: How Teachers Can Incorporate Day In Class

lessonplanet.com | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

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Veterans Day Lesson Plans: Lesson plans that can help students understand why Veterans Day is an important national holiday. Teacher Resource Guide...

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Veteran's Day Special: Coming Down to Earth with "Occupation: Dreamland"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Carol Smaldino

The massacre at Fort Hood is a stark reminder of the need to guard against becoming numb against the horrors our soldiers face in war. Fortunately, the film "Occupation: Dreamland" fills that void.

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Call in Tonight for Veterans

Joe Trippi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

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Joe Trippi

The objective the Eleven Eleven Campaign is simple: to get 11 million Americans to donate $11 to support America's Veterans.

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G.I. Joe and Lillie: A Song About World War II Vets Goes Viral

Joe Bonsall | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Joe Bonsall

A few years ago, I wrote a song about a young couple that served in the army during World War II. The song is about faith, patriotism and plain old American grit -- desire and hard work. It is the story of my parents.

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Armistice Day, the Great War, and Brains: A Tale of Woe

Dan Agin | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

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Dan Agin

Had the politicians of various countries been obligated to live in combat on the front lines, it's doubtful that the ferocious carnage of the First World war would have occurred.

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Bill Moyers Journal: Special Preview Of Film "The Good Soldier" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

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In honor of Veterans Day (this coming Wednesday, 11/11), tomorrow night PBS' Bill Moyers Journal will air a documentary titled "The Good Soldier." Th...

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Combat Paper: Using Art To Help Veterans

Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

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Combat Paper is presenting a creative way for veterans to contextualize what they've seen in war. Their goal is to help veterans use art to reconcile ...

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Nathan Thompson Visits All 31 NFL Stadiums For Fallen Friend

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact

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Nathan Thompson and Joe Lusk went through West Point together. As huge football fans, they planned to take a road trip across America and stop at all ...

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Explore War and Rethink Afghanistan

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

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Joel Epstein

Sun Valley Adaptive Sports (SVAS) is a nonprofit project funded by the Annenberg Foundation to support wounded warriors with their recovery and reintegration into society.

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Veterans' Day Parade To Go Ahead -- With Rebel Flag

Miami Herald | Tania Valdemoro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Organizers will go ahead with the popular Veterans' Day parade in Homestead despite the controversy over a group marching for the first time with the ...

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Sacrifice Repaid: A Huffington Post Cause?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

It's not enough to honor servicemen and women with parades. We need to repay their sacrifice with the resources they need and deserve.

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Tribute is Not Enough

Gen. Wesley Clark | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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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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Make Memorial Day Meaningful

Kim Cattrall | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

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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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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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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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Obama's America: Observing the Observance of Veterans Day

William Bradley | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

Barack Obama has never worn the uniform. Yet he has more rapport with the experience of the American veteran than the Republicans who are now in the process of relinquishing power to him and his allies.

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Thanks, Brother, Today and Every Day

Dante Zappala | Posted 12.12.2008 | Home

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Dante Zappala

Thanks, Sher. It's Veterans Day, big guy, I'm sure you know that. Today we are asked to remember and thank you, but you know this is every day for me....

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