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A Somber Tour of the Housing Market.

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Home Values Slashed in Half? The Housing Bubble Is About to Burstby Dean BakerThe latest data on housing sales showed that the inventory of...

Orange County California Groups Help Families of Fallen Soldiers

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More help for families of the fallen A group breaks away from Snowball Express to offer support its own way By TERI SFORZA The Orange...

Young Iraq Veteran Changes the Law

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No More Educational Hardships-- One Iraq Veteran Rewrites The Law To Help Others When SGT Patrick Campbell returned to law school after serving a tour...

MilitaryConnection.Com Continues to Support Our Troops

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Military Served By Resourceful Web siteMilitaryConnection.com takes great pride in providing a multitude of resources for our nation’s military audience. The web site, launched...

VA OWES A DUTY TO VETERAN AND FAMILY

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Vet Who Contracted Infectious Disease While Deployed, Transmits Disease to Wife and Unborn Children Left, Arvid Brown holds a 1999 family portrait. His wife,...

Files on Illegal Spying Show CIA Skeletons From Cold War

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Secret documents provide new details about how the CIA illegally spied on Americans decades agoby Mark Mazzetti and Tim Weiner Left, Richard Helms with President...

Veterans Defend Right to Question the War

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Protesters in uniform could be downgraded, lose their benefitsby Kirsten Scharnberg The young combat veteran stared at the letter in disbelief when it arrived in...

VA Defied US Law to Imprison Veteran Who Sought Benefits

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US Atty Biskupic and VA Defied US Law to Convict Wisconsin Veteran Who Sought Benefits Madison, Wisconsin—In this Karl Rove/Dick Cheney age of politics when...

More Homeless Veterans Than Active Duty Soldiers in Iraq

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There are more homeless veterans in the United States than active-duty troops deployed in Iraq, including those deployed as part of the "surge.""We are...

Entrepreneurial Veterans Battle SBA

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The Next War: Ex-Soldiers Try To Set Up Shop

Complacency Kills – Mother, Son, and a Sign of the Times in Iraq

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Complacency KillsMother, Son, and a Sign of the Times in Iraqby Mary GeddryContrary to what some may think, John, my Marine corporal son, rarely...

ATTORNEYS FOR WAR VETERANS LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT

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The "Choice of Representation Act" becomes law: Veterans may now use attorneys in the VA claims process after filing the first Notice of Disagreement. On...

MilitaryVetsPx.com launches New Products for Military Veterans

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MilitaryVetsPX.com Launches New Store for Military Medals, Patches, and MoreTop Quality Military Items Available NowNeed your U.S. Armed Forces stuff?  No problem, MilitaryVetsPX.com is...

NATIONAL VETERANS FOUNDATION TO EXPAND ONE OF A KIND CRISIS HOTLINE

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The National Outreach campaign will target Iraq/Afghan war veterans within top 22 media markets, and top 24 states by way of U.S. veterans population....

Rotary Groups Join Forces to Form Operation One Family for the Troops

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ROTARY JOINS FORCES TO FORM OPERATION ONE FAMILY SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN Costa Mesa, CA., June 20, 2007 - Numerous Southern California...

Veterans Jobs Available at Worldwide Flight Services

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Airport Ground Cargo Transportation Company Seeks to Hire U.S. VeteransWorldwide Flight Services Joins HireVeterans.comBy Jannette Angelle, Staff Writer VeteransToday.comWorldwide Flight Services, one of the...

Veterans Decry Divorce Law That Congress Refuses to Change

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The Supreme Court declined to review divorce law that divides veterans retired payJune 19, 2007, Tampa, FL – Twenty-six years after Congress accepted its...

Worldwide Flight Services has jobs for US Veterans

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Airport Ground Cargo Transportation Company Seeks to Hire U.S. VeteransWorldwide Flight Services Joins HireVeterans.comBy Jannette Angelle, Staff Writer VeteransToday.comWorldwide Flight Services, one of the largest and fastest...

Floyd Flowers Kicks Off Country Music Tour for Veterans

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Help A Vet, Help A Vet Tour Country Music Artist Tour Supports Veterans  Traditional country music singer-songwriter, Floyd Flowers, will be kicking off his “Help...

PULLING MONEY CAN BREAK IRAN

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PULLING MONEY CAN BREAK IRAN By DICK MORRIS The past week has very possibly been the key turning point in the drive to...

VA Prosecutes Defrauders of Veterans

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“Full Force of Law” to Protect Earned BenefitsWASHINGTON – Continuing a long-standing campaign to identify and prosecute those who defraud veterans of their rightful...

The New Heroes of the Iraq War

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The New Heroes of the Iraq War Dissenters Heroes?by April Fitzsimmons, Sgt. USAF (1985-1989)LOS ANGELES, Ca - “On your knees!” shouted the Marine Sergeant.I...

Pentagon Report Criticizes Mental-Health Care For Troops

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Pentagon Report Says the Military's Cadre of Mental-Health Care Workers is "Woefully Inadequate"by Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post Staff WriterU.S. troops returning from combat...

Veterans Job Board Comparison Test: Who is the Best?

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Job Boards for U.S. Veterans Get Net EvaluatedVeteransToday.com puts the Job Sites to the Testby Frank DaleyAs the veterans community increases from America's prolonged...

U.S. Government Security Clearances: Get the Facts

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U.S. Government Security Clearances: Get the FactsLearn all about the U.S. Government Security Clearance Any person who has worked or will work for an...

G.I. Film Festival Announces 2007 Winner

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'Shakey's Hill', Produced by Cinematographer  and Veteran Newsman Norman Lloyd, Awarded Best Documentary Short Film at G.I. Film Festival2007 a Blockbuster for Veteran Newsman...

Patriot Express Loan from the SBA – Business Loans for Veterans

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SBA offers New Loan for VeteransPatriot Express Loans Arrives to help Veteran EntrepreneursThe Small Business Administration has launched the new Patriot Express Pilot Loan...

Remember Sacrifices This Father’s Day

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Remember Dad’s Sacrifices This Father’s Dayby Bill Smith EVEN AFTER THEY are called from the living, fathers will always be remembered for what they handed...

Pentagon May Drop Mental Health Question for War Veterans

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U.S. troops would no longer be asked to reveal previous mental health treatment when applying for security clearances under a proposal being considered by...

Agent Orange Still Toxic Threat

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Vietnam air base a hot spot that had gone untestedby Ben StockingDANANG, VIETNAM — More than 30 years after the Vietnam War ended, the...

Suicide Risk Double Among White Male Veterans

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White, male veterans are found to be two-times as likely to commit suicide than non-veteransby Peggy Peck, Managing Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Zalman S....

Iraq veteran rerated as 100% disabled on appeal

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Iraq veteran rerated as 100% disabled on appeal By Paul WoodSgt. Garrett Anderson is 100 percent again, at least as far as his disability rating...

City of Portland Takes Lead in Supporting Troops

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City of Portland Takes Lead in Supporting America's Troops Support from the roots in Portland, OregonBy Sean T LewisVeteransToday.com Staff WriterOver the past five...

NEW PROGRAMS TO HELP VETERANS GET JOBS AND LAUNCH BUSINESSES

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Wide range of services are helping veterans, reservists and National Guardsmen Two new efforts launched recently to help veterans get jobs and launch new businesses...

VA acknowledges problems with bonuses

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VA acknowledges problems with bonuses By HOPE YEN The VA on Tuesday acknowledged problems in its award of...

VetAccess – Disabled Vets Trained to Lead Technology Sector

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Disabled Vets Trained to Lead Technology Sector VetAccess Raises the Bar reaching out to empower Disabled VeteransDennis Stone has served in a number of command...

Lessons Not Learned – Tales from the Leadership Files of Ronald Reagan

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Lessons Not Learned When Genuine Leadership Raises our Hopes and Launches Us ForwardBy: Johnny WaltzDuring recent Republican debates, the name of President Ronald Reagan...

US Army Wants to Enlist Illegal Aliens Quickly as Recruitment Falls

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A senior US defense officials today urged the Congress to fast track a section of the stalled immigration bill that would allow the military...

Musician Inspired by War: Janet Bates Sings American Soldier

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"American Soldier" Song Inspires and Touches the Heart Music for the Soldiers from Janet Batesby Mary GeddrySitting in a coffee shop one cool, February, 2004,...

Some War Veterans Are Constructing a New Career with Helmets to Hardhats

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A program called Helmets to Hardhats is helping military veterans become construction workers and make the transition to new civilian lives.After serving in Iraq...

Memory Still Sharp of a Brother Lost in Vietnam

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Memory still sharp of a brother lostby Donna Teresa, Homefront JournalThe year was 1967, the Summer of Love. While many were in a celebration...

Amazing High Tech Prosthetics For War Veterans

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New prosthetic legs give hope to amputees home from Iraq and Afganistan.After having his leg shattered by a rocket propelled grenade in Baghdad, Army...