Veterans

Small-Business Advice is on the Way

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Score, Women's Business, President Obama, Obama Administration, Economic Recovery, Obama, Sba, Export, Barack Obama, Recession, Veterans, Sbdc, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Even if you cannot afford a blue-chip board of directors, there is a village of mentors willing to help existing and startup businesses succeed.

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The Erratic Joe Wilson's Shameful Record on Troops and Veterans

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, You Lie, Public Option, President Obama, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Joe Wilson You Lie, Health Care, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Tricare, Veterans, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Thank heaven Joe Wilson voted repeatedly to cut veterans care and save us from modern day Leninism.

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11 Ways To Advocate For The Homeless

Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Advocacy, Veterans, Impact News

This article was originally written by Karen Murphy and posted on Causecast.org It's estimated that approximately 3.5 million people in the United St...

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Eight Years Later: Why Is There Still A Hole at Ground Zero?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rudy Giuliani, Veterans, War, Health Care, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Obama, Ground Zero, September 11th, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

I, along with almost two million other troops, were sent to war because of what happened there. Too many lives were lost that day, and too little attention has been given to memorializing them.

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America's Irrational Health Care Status Quo

Diane Francis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Small Business, President Obama, Veterans Administration, Medicare, Doctors, Medicaid, Business, Seniors Health Care, Health Care, Veterans, Politics News
Diane Francis

As an American living in Canada, it's really embarrassing that a country as smart and rich as the United States cannot get out from under the world's worst medical system.

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Useful Innovation at the Veterans Administration

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Va, Veterans Administration, Veterans, Politics News
Craig Newmark

The folks at the Veterans Administration are changing their culture in a big way with a new innovation site.

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Why The Military Is Worried About Climate Change

Jonathan Powers | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Security, Green News, Climate Change, National Security, Veterans, Green News
Jonathan Powers

Military leaders are now identifying climate change and energy security as a growing threat. The Pentagon is now taking it so seriously that it has been war-gaming scenarios.

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End of Life Counseling? Had That in My Twenties

Hal Donahue | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Five Wishes, Senate, Department of Veterans Affairs, Chris Wallace, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Va, Fox News, Death-Book, Advanced Directive, Health Care, Tammy Duckworth, Veterans, End of Life, Politics News
Hal Donahue

Early in my service I was told, "When a jet crashes, often the boots are all we can find." Such was my not-so-subtle introduction to the need for end of life planning.

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Why Isn't Health Care a Right?

Kate Southwood | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill of Rights, World Health Organization, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Norway, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicare, Veterans, Health Care Debate, Health Reform Myths, u.s Spending Health Care, American Health Care System Ranked 37th, Norwegian Health Care System, Health Care as a Right, Politics News
Kate Southwood

So if America is already spending more on health care than anyone else and if America's health care technology is second-to-none, why isn't health care a fundamental right?

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Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture vs. WWII

Shahid Buttar | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Investigation, Nuremberg Trials, Human Rights, Cold War, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Torture, Wwii, Criminal Justice System, Guantanamo Torture, Guantanamo, Criminal Justice, John Durham, Veterans, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Despite public pressure from voices across the political spectrum, the Obama administration continues to sweep torture under the rug.

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Jason Linkins

Michael Steele: VA Encouraging Vets To Commit Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Video, Fearmongering, Death Panels, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Death Panel, Veterans, Politics News

Michael Steele is running a bit late to the latest "Let's Frighten The Villagers With Lies" party, but, as TPM's Rachel Slajda points out, he's plungi...

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Marcus Baram

How Conservatives Got The Facts Wrong On Their Latest Obsession: The "Death Book" For Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Va, Death Book, Veterans Administration, Jim Towey, Veterans Health Care, Sarah Palin Jim Towey, Veterans, Politics News

***UPDATE*** Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning to combat the false allegations that th...

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Why Republicans Should Back Health Care Cost Remedies

Stephen Herrington | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Congress, Gdp, Social Security, Federal Budget Deficit, Conservatives, Budget, Gop, Marxism, Medicare, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Veterans, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

Socialization of risk, a risk pool, is the very business model of private insurance for profit -- and government is simply the largest risk pool of all.

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Remembering an Amazing Marine, Candidate, and Man

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Hardball, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Bill-Cahir, Afghanistan, Bill Cahir, Killed-in-Action, Hardball Video, Votevets, Chris Matthews, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Jon Soltz

This week brought tragic news that among the painful and heartbreaking losses of those Killed in Action was Bill Cahir, a Marine Sergeant, killed in Afghanistan.

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Veterans: Newest Addition to the Health Care Debate

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Public Option, Department of Veterans Affairs, Obama, Iava, Shinseki, Veterans, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Hundreds of veterans were in attendance recently to hear Obama and VA Secretary Shinseki promise that despite the rumors, VA health care will be protected.

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Obama Seeks Veterans' Support, Says Reform Won't Change Their Health Care

Politico | Carol E. Lee | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Veterans, President Obama, Politics News

PHOENIX -- Fighting prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a tough battle at home to overhaul health care, President Barack Obama on Monday sought...

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Obama To VFW: Afghan War "Fundamental" To U.S. Security

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Veterans, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Vfw, Obama Afghan War, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Afghanistan, War Wire, Obama Iraq, Obama, Veterans, World News

PHOENIX — President Barack Obama chastised the defense industry and a freespending Congress on Monday for wasting tax dollars "with doctrine and...

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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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Hear from Military Families About Social Media Via DOD Feedback Site

Craig Newmark | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Iava, Social Media, Dod, Veterans, Media News
Craig Newmark

The Department of Defense is asking military families what they really need from social media. It's not an easy issue, since there are a lot of legitimate security and privacy concerns.

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Videos Explode Teabaggers' Health Care Myths

The Uptake | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Marines, Military, Army, Teabaggers, Vets, Insurance, Obamacare, Air Force, Health Insurance, Navy, Teabagger, Medicare, Health Care, Healthcare, Veterans, Politics News
The Uptake

You may have heard that "Obamacare" will euthanize Grandma and force you to lose your medicare coverage. You may have heard that veterans will lose co...

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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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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Celebrating The Storytellers: 5 Articles About New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Catherine Porter, Pakistan, Observer, Tim Lewis, Nicholas Kristof, Brian Mockenhaupt, Guardian, Trojan War, Toronto Star, Poetry, Veterans, Julia Moulden, Nobel Prize, New Radicals, Africa, New York Times, Marge Piercey, John Vidal, E.B. White, Cottage, Atlantic, Living News
Julia Moulden

Michelle and Tal offered me their cottage for a week this summer. Prime time on a northern lake. How could I say no? One morning I slipped down to th...

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Obama Celebrates Post-9/11 G.I. Bill

AP | JULIE PACE and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, President Obama, U.S. Military, G.I. Bill, Soldiers, US Army, Education, Veterans, Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, September 11th, Politics News

FAIRFAX, Va. — President Barack Obama said Monday a new GI Bill for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan is an investment in both a new gene...

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Healing Heroes and Helping Hounds

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Wounded Warrior, Military, Al Franken, Shelter Dogs, Guide Dogs, Service Dogs, Ed Whitfield, Ron Klein, Animals, Dogs, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Tamar Geller, Green News
Michael Markarian

Operation Heroes and Hounds is a way to support the men and women who served our country, and give a second chance to the animals who ended up in shelters through no fault of their own.

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