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Veterans Day

Veterans Day: Dusty, Faded Surprise

Wendy Block | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Ptsd, Homeless Veterans, Iraq, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, The Giving Life, Veterans Day, Living News
Wendy Block

I remember him every time a street person asks for money, when a guy holds up a cardboard sign saying something like "Viet Nam vet. Will work for food," when news stories cover soldiers returned from Iraq.

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Veterans Day: How Many Days are Enough

Jim Thomas | Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: GI Bill, Fort Logan National Cemetery, Gratitude, Veterans, Veterans Day, Armistice Day, World War I, Denver News
Jim Thomas

More so even than the debt the nation owes our veterans, I owe two vets, my parents, for my existence and for inspiring my accomplishments.

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Honoring Our Veterans Today -- and Every Day

Kim Cattrall | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

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Kim Cattrall

Veterans Day -- which began more than half a century ago as a profound national holiday -- has now become little more than a day for people to skip work or a chance for shoppers to find a good sale. We should do better than that.

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

Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

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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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A Lump of Coal for Our Nation's Veterans From GE's John Krenicki

James Boyce | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Day, Swiftboating, Votevets, Jon Soltz, John Kerry, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News
James Boyce

For reasons I don't understand, time and time again, we see Americans who believe not in honoring the service of those that wear the uniform but who use it to take advantage of it.

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Cartoon: Fort Hood

Shan Wells | Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fort Hood, Shootings, Veterans Day, National, Obama Fort Hood Memorial, Veterans, Fort Hood Tragedy, Soldiers, Fort Hood Soldiers, Iraq War, Tragedy, Fort Hood Memorial, Memorial, News, Fort Hood Shootings, Denver, Denver News
Shan Wells

Fort Hood soldiers remembered.

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Remember The Littlest Soldiers

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Military Families, Military, Ft. Hood, Military Brats, Children, Veterans, Veterans Day, Death & Dying, Living News
BJ Gallagher

The biggest price I paid, along with other military kids, was enormous anxiety. For you see, Death was always lurking around in the background, but no one ever talked about it.

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A Hero Remembered

Ryan McDermott | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Afghanistan, War Wire, Afghanistan War, Veterans Day, Veterans, Politics News
Ryan McDermott

Regardless of one's views on the war, it is important to appreciate the service of those in uniform. We are a fortunate country to have such brave and patriotic troops to protect our freedoms.

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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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Navy SEAL Photos In New Book, "SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice" (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Stephanie Freid-Perenchio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Slideshow, Navy Seals, Seals, War, Veterans Day, New Books, Books, Military Families, Photography, War Photos, Photos, Books News
Stephanie Freid-Perenchio

After the events of 9/11, I realized that the world of Navy SEALs was still shrouded in secrecy. I wanted to explore and shed light upon this culture that most people had never seen nor fully understood.

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Veterans Day: The Best War Movies Of All Time

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slidepoll, Best War Movies, War Films, War, War Movies, Veterans Day, Entertainment News

In honor of Veterans Day, we're taking a look at some classic war films that best define the heroism, horrors, camaraderie, and honor you find in war....

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Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Military Wounded, Veterans Day, US Troops, Us Soldiers Afghanistans, US Soldiers, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute am...

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Cairo to Fort Hood: Broader Engagement at Home and Abroad

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Science Envoy Program, Islam, Fort Hood, Physicians, Veterans Day, Anderson Cooper, In the Land of Invisible Women, Taliban, Waco, State Department, Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Al Qaeda, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Zakat, Islamophobia, Unabomber, Jihad, Armistice Day, Saudi Arabia, Cnn, Insomnia, New York Times, Nidal Malik Hasan, Hillary Clinton, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Ground Zero, Politics News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Veterans (And How You Can Support Them)

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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The Great Atomic Film Cover-Up

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Atomic, Veterans Day, Nuclear, Veterans, Coverup, World War II, Media News
Greg Mitchell

This country rushed into the nuclear age with its citizens having neither a true understanding of the effects of the bomb on human beings, nor why the atomic attacks drew condemnation around the world.

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Families, Caregivers Bear the Biggest Burden

Bob Woodruff | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cost of War, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Fort Hood, RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research, Veteran's Issues, Veteran's Day, Rand, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News
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.

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

Paul Begala | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tommy Sowers, Dede Scozzafava, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Owens, Sarah Palin, Jo Ann Emerson, Veterans Day, Doug Hoffman, Politics News
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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Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War

Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

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Christian Avard

Susan Galleymore is the author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War & Terror. She made international headlines as she traveled to Iraq to visit her son stationed in the Sunni Triangle.

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Veteran's Day: Share Your Stories And Memories

Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Death Count, President Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Global War on Terror, Veterans Day, Iraq, War on Terrorism, Video, Politics News

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

Read More: Teacher Quality, Teachers, Help Committee, Hate Crimes, Veterans Day, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Veterans, Senator Bennet, Denver News
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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Veterans Week 2009: We've Got Your Back

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

Whether it's amputees, folks struggling with PTSD, outdoor enthusiasts, or just those looking to swap war stories, every vet can find a home on the IAVA's social network for veterans.

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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

Read More: Veteran's Day, Department of Veterans Affairs, Snagfilms, Veterans, Politics News
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

Read More: Veterans-Day, U.S. Military, Colorado, GI Bill, CU Boulder, Veterans for Green Jobs, Colorado Veterans, Colorado University, Denver News
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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