Veterans

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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Vets Groups Spend Relatively Little On Lobbying

HuffingtonPost.com | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyblog, Veterans, Politics News

In honor of Veterans Day, LobbyBlog looked at which veterans organizations have been actively lobbying lawmakers in the the third quarter of the year....

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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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The Real Red Flag Raised By Fort Hood

David A. Love | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: US Military, Persian Gulf, War on Terror, Trauma, War in Afghanistan, Timothy McVeigh, Muslim Americans, Afghan War, Violence, Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Gun Violence, Politics News, Politics, Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, Military, Vietnam War, Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Ptsd, Us Troops Afghanistan, National Institutes of Health, Psychiatry, Depression, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Crime, Terrorism, War, Suicide, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Texas, Army, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Oklahoma City Bombing, Fort Hood Shootings, Living News

As a repository for violence, the military is not dealing with untreated mental illness among its ranks. The fact that Hasan was a mental health professional underscores the problem.

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Donated Frequent Flier Miles Reunite Injured Soldiers With Families

Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Frequent Flier Miles, Hero Miles, Military, Injured Soldiers, Iraq, Afghanistan, Donations, Free Airline Tickets, The Fisher House Foundation, Veterans, Impact News

Looking for additional ways to show your gratitude to the men and women serving our country on Veteran's Day? Donate your unused frequent flier miles ...

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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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A Gift on Veterans Day: Re-Engage Veterans in Service

John Bridgeland | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, Faith Based Institutions, At-Risk Youth, Sonia Meneses, Troops to Teachers, Congress, Veterans Service Corps, Iraq, Afghanistan, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Politics News

America's support for veterans should not stop at the airport gate. How our nation treats its returning veterans says a lot about our gratitude for their service.

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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Operation Free, Green Jobs, Climate, Veterans, Wind Power, Frances Beinecke, Solar Energy, President Obama, votevets.org, Obama, Leon Panetta, Anthony Zinni, Lee Gunn, Green News

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

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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: 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

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

Read More: Eleven Eleven Campaign, Eleven-Eleven, Veterans Day November 11, Veterans, Veterans Day, Impact News

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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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

Fort Hood soldiers remembered.

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"We Got Your Back" -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Craig Newmark | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Iava, Paul Rieckhoff, Veterans, Facebook, Media News

Today, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is premiering a new PSA on their Facebook fan page to coincide with Veterans Day 2009. And you can be among the first to see it.

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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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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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Mothers and Soldiers: Healing the Bonds Destroyed by War

Christian Avard | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

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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2,266 Veterans Died In 2008 Because They Were Uninsured

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veteran Health Insurance, Uninsured Veterans, Veterans Health Insurance, Veteran Health Care, Veterans Health Care, Veterans, Politics News

According to a study released by the Harvard Medical School, 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year as a result of not having health insura...

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Video Game Company Starts Foundation To Help Vets Find Jobs

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Veteran Job, Unemployment, Veterans, Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2, Activision Blizzard, Impact News

Activision Blizzard, the video game company behind Guitar Hero and the Tony Hawk franchises announced it plans to donate $1 million on Tuesday to help...

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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

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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