Veterans

VA Hospital Slip-Up Infects 4 Patients With HIV

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans Affairs HIV Infections, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Politics News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospit...

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John Kerry's Veteran Legacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Politics, Vietnam War, John Kerry, William Fulbright, Vietnam, Fulbright, News, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Afghanistan, Politics News

There was a time in America when policies war were to be judged by Generals and politicians, not the men and women who were on the ground, fighting. John Kerry changed the game forever.

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Ride 2 Recovery: An Amazing Journey

Adam Baldwin | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Ride 2 Recovery, Adam Baldwin, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Living News

To ride along the back roads of Texas with such brave men as Nathan Hunt, who gave both of his legs in service to America, was among the most profoundly exhausting yet uplifting experiences of my life.

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

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Vets Upset At Teabaggers For Holding Rally At Kansas Vet Memorial

Think Progress | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vets Tea Parties, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party Protests, Tax Day Tea Parties, Boston Tea Party, Pittsburg State University Veterans Memorial, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Tea, Veterans, Tea Bagging, Politics News

Tomorrow, conservatives around the country will be holding Tax Day tea parties. Although "tea" technically stands for "taxed enough already," Fox News...

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David Schultz, DC Reporter, Harassed By Veteran Affairs Official

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Veteran Health, Veteran Medical Treatment, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, David Schultz, Gloria Hairston, Gloria Hairston Veterans Affairs, Veteran Healthcare, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans, David Schultz Va, Wamu David Schultz, Tommie Canady, David Schultz Wamu, Wamu Reprter Vet Hospital, Media News

UPDATE 11:45pm The AP is reporting that the Veterans Affairs Department has agreed, following protests from various journalism groups, to return the ...

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Bridging The DOD-VA Gap

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, White House, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Veterans Care, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Barack Obama, Electronic Medical Records, Veterans, Politics News

Brian McGough knows the pain of navigating from Department of Defense medical care to Department of Veterans Affairs care all too well.

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The Struggles of Unemployed Iraq Vets

Stefan Deeran | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Military, Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, The Exception Magazine, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Maine, Iraq, Living News

I was proud as hell to serve in the footsteps of patriots and heroes. But now I am an unemployed veteran of war.

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Women Warriors: Honoring the Women of the U.S. Military

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patty Murray, Women, Veterans, Health Care, Military, Iraq, Afghanistan, Paul Rieckhoff, Lioness, Women Veterans, Politics News

If America has been slow to appreciate women's service in combat, we've been even slower to recognize the unique needs of women veterans.

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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News

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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(Re-) Creating Anbar's Awakening

Gabriel Ledeen | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Anbar, Afghanistan, Anbar Province, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Anbar Awakening, Iraq Anniversary, War in Iraq, Anbar Surge, Counterinsurgency, War on Terror, Veterans, World News

Describing the Anbar Awakening movement as a miraculous Sunni uprising blinds us to the lessons we ought to have learned.

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Residue From the Burn Pits of Iraq: Soldiers with Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leukemia, Army, Larry King, Burn Pits, Aml, Oprah, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Iraq, Du, SGT. Christopher Sachs, SGT. Frank Valentin, Wramc, Veterans, Buffalo N. Y., Washington D. C., Medic, Germany, Fisher House, Politics News

Sgt. Christopher J. Sachs was diagnosed with cancer three years after returning from Iraq. The U.S. military, however, refused to consider the possibility that his illness was related to his tour.

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Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Pay, War, Wage, Media, Employment, Government Spending, Debt, Peace, Conservative, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Dollar, Tax Cut, Loans, Tax Cuts, Homeless, Health Care, Cost of War, Greed, Irs, Money, Veterans, Budget, Education, Trillion, Biblical, Health, Rich, Healthcare, Spending, Bible, Budget Surplus, Military, Credit Card, Conservative Ideology, Bush Presidency, Proposed Budget, President Clinton, Economy, Luke, Politics News

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

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Being a Woman Veteran

Kayla Williams | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Iraq Veterans, US Soldiers, Army, Women's Issues, San Francisco, Veterans, Living News

Last Wednesday, I was honored and proud to be invited to the SHOUT! Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares.

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Winter Soldiers in MTV's "Real World"

Aaron Glantz | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Mtv, Afghanistan, Ivaw, Real World, Suicide, Iraq, Ptsd, War Cimes, Veterans, Entertainment News

It's great to see reality TV taking in some of the reality of the real, "real world" -- and especially bringing to true costs of the war in Iraq to an audience that might not be listening to NPR.

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Six Years Later: Is Washington finally listening?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iava, Eric Shinseki, Barack Obama, Veterans, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News

With the end of stop-loss, we've finally begun to address some of the burdens bad policy puts on our military families. But as the war enters its seventh year, there's still a ton left to do.

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Something We Can All Agree On: Voluntary Assistance to Veterans

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, Mental Health, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Give an Hour, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Living News

Americans have differed on the wars into which the former president took the nation, but we should all be able to agree on the need to provide the best possible care for those who served in them.

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Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Iraq War, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, President Obama, Votevets, Ptsd, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Tbi, Politics News

I was in Iraq at the start of the occupation, back in May, 2003. It's impossible to not look back and shake my head in disbelief. But I also look ahead and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.

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Stewart On Obama's Plan For Veterans' Insurance: 'That Can't Be Right'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uso, Video, Iraq Veterans, Daily Show, Veterans Insurance, Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

Last night's segment on the "smaller outrage" that is the announced plan to ask our military veterans to use their private insurance to cover combat r...

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Veterans Oppose Outsourcing VA Health Care Costs

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Veterans, War, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News

While we are all concerned about the economic difficulties the country is facing, we cannot allow our veterans to bear the brunt.

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The War Comes Home

Aaron Glantz | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aaron Glantz, Iraq War, Homelessness, Afghanistan, Suicide, Obama, Iraq, Ptsd, Veterans, Tbi, Politics News

Apart from Iraq and Afghanistan, there is another battle is brewing on the homefront. In January alone, 24 soldiers were believed to have committed suicide.

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Past Time to Join the Landmine Treaty

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Pentagon, Bill Clinton, US Military, Persian Gulf, Reputation, Department of Defense, President Obama, Retired-Military, Landmines, Retired General, International Treaty, Operation Desert Storm, China, Veterans, World News

While 156 countries have signed on, the United States has not yet agreed to join the ban on the production, use, sale, and stockpiling of anti-personnel landmines.

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For Veterans, "Happiness is a warm puppy"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Recently, I learned that the comic-strip writer Charles Schulz was a decorated veteran of WWII and experienced severe forms of the shock and melancholy that often results from combat.

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Obama Bringing Troops Home: Are We Ready to Welcome Them?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the president's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.

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"It is About Service"

Hal Donahue | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jan Donatelli, Chesley Sullenberger, Rahm Emanuel, Veterans, Chicago, Congress, House of Representives, Politics News

If politics is not your skill set, become involved in service where you work or live. Every sector of society needs people to get involved in service. Answer the call and help rebuild the USA.

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