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Congress-SBA vs Direct Loan Programs

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Congress-SBA vs Direct Loan Programsby Patrick Cherf I feel I need to tell this story so others with a disability may identify with what I...

Vietnam Vets fight to reclaim lost honor

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A group of Vietnam vets is suing John Kerry for discrediting its film on the war A few years ago, the term "Greatest Generation" was...

First nuclear carrier to be based in Japan

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U.S. Navy Announces CVN to Replace USS Kitty Hawk in 2008 The U.S. Navy announced today that one of its nine Nimitz-class aircraft carriers...

Troops Pay Price for Pentagon Mismanagement

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Troops Pay Price for Pentagon MismanagementBy Diane M. Grassi Staff Sergeant George T. Alexander, Jr. suffered injuries in an October 17, 2005 explosion in...

US moves Okinawa air base to heal rift

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US moves Okinawa air base to heal riftBy Colin Joyce  The United States agreed yesterday to move an air base into another military site on...

Number of US troops killed passes 2,000

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Bush says Iraq war will require more sacrifice  WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. George Alexander became the 2,000th soldier to be killed...

International Tribunal Indicts Bush Regime for Crimes Against Humanity

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The weekend of October 21-23 saw the coming together of a tribunal that indicted the Bush regime for crimes against humanity. The First Session of...

Making a killing

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Making a killing: a British point of view The American government is hiring private security firms to stabilise Iraq and paying them a fortune...

Air Force Withdraws Paper for Chaplains

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Document Permitting Proselytizing WithdrawnBy Alan Cooperman The Air Force, facing a lawsuit over alleged proselytizing, has withdrawn a document that permitted chaplains to evangelize military...

Blix says US misled itself, the world on Iraq

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WMD reports, satellite photos called lackingBy Russell Contreras Bush administration officials misled themselves on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and ''then they misled the...

Images of WWII continue to surface for U.S. veterans

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Images of WWII continue to surface for U.S. veteransby Alison BathPictured Left MILITARY FAMILY: Members of the Pierre family with past and present military...

9/11 Theologian Says Controlled Demolition of World Trade Center Is Now a Fact,

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9/11 Theologian Says Controlled Demolition of World Trade Center Is Now Fact, Not Theory In two speeches to overflow crowds in New York last weekend, notable...

Afghanistan: That Other War

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Afghanistan: That Other War BOMBINGS, SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENT deaths continue in Afghanistan, site of the first post-9/11 American war. Although the campaign in Afghanistan became the...

War Vets Share Experiences of Combat

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War Vets Share Experiences of Combatby Josh Harris Ithaca, New York--While not readily apparent to most casual observers, the casualties of war are not limited...

The Patriot

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The PatriotBy Zachary Scott-Singley I remember when it used to mean something to have a flag. When it wasn't just the popular thing to do....

What they’re not telling Reservists & National Guard Members

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What they're not telling Reservists & National Guard Members War On Terror Reservists and National Guard Members do not have to meet the 24 continuous...

Iraq veterans increasingly throwing their helmets into ring

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Iraq veterans increasingly throwing their helmets into ringBy Jessica Wehrman When his Republican opponent took a swipe at Democrat David Ashe's stance on the war...

Body of 1942 Airman Believed Found in Sierra Nevada

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Startling discovery in remote Sierra Nevada glacier is being unearthed today Climbers in the Sierra Nevada made a startling discovery in Kings Canyon National Park when...

Humana to hold job fairs for veterans

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Humana to hold job fairs for veterans in Kentucky Humana Inc. will hold two job fairs for military veterans this month in Louisville and Radcliff, Ky....

Are we going to war with Iran?

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Dan Plesch evaluates the evidence pointing towards a new conflict in the Middle East By Dan Plesch The Sunday Telegraph warned last weekend that the...

Expendable Elite: One Soldier’s Journey into Covert Warfare

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Former Green Beret Comes Clean About Mafia-Like Hit On Military Officer Who Knew Too Much About Kennedy AssassinationBy Greg Szymanski Called 'Dangerous Dan' by his...

All the President’s Men & The President

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All the President's Men & The PresidentBy Joseph Allen To quote one of the greatest philosophers of our generation, There are known knowns. These are...

Americans Favor Bush’s Impeachment If He Lied about Iraq

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Americans Favor Bush's Impeachment If He Lied about IraqBy Dave Lindorff More people today want to see President Bush impeached than wanted Clinton impeached on...

US troops ‘starve Iraqi citizens’

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A senior United Nations official has accused US-led coalition troops of depriving Iraqi civilians of food and water in breach of humanitarian law. Human...

In Army’s sandbox, no playing nice

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Desert exercise site aims to simulate war's harshest elementsBy Richard Whittle FORT IRWIN, Calif. Beyond the edges of this lonely outpost midway between Los...

Fake Company Scamming Veterans

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Fake Company Scamming Veterans Kevin MacDonald A company who calls themselves Patient Care Group is claiming the VA has changed the way it delivers prescription...

VA Seeks to Punish Iraq War Veterans

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VA Seeks to Punish Iraq War VeteransBy Gene C. Gerard The Veterans Affairs Department is reviewing one-third of the cases of veterans who are receiving...

Job Fair for Heroes

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Job Fair for Heroes coming to California Job Fair for Heroes will take place on Nov. 10, 2005 from 10:00AM 3:00PM at the Joint Forces...

Soldiers say talk with Bush wasn’t a stunt

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Administration critics blast rehearsed conversation' via satellite from IraqBy Gina Cavallaro When the White House and the Defense Department said they needed a group of...

Veterans Affairs Strives to Find Jobs for Iraq, Afghanistan War Vets

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VA Strives to Find Jobs for Iraq, Afghanistan War VetsBy Rudi Williams WASHINGTON-- For young men and women fighting the war on terrorism, coming home...

Great jobs await you in the defense, intelligence and government services

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Great jobs await you in the defense, intelligence and government services sectors with federal agencies and government contractors. Bring many copies of your resume...

George Bush, the man…A Canadian’s point of view

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George Bush, the man...A Canadian's point of viewBy David WarrenThere's plenty wrong with America, since you asked. I'm tempted to say that the only...

US imports bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed

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US forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killedBy Andrew Buncombe US forces have fired so many bullets in...

New guns, new drive for Taliban

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New guns, new drive for TalibanBy Scott Baldauf and Ashraf Khan An internal debate within the Taliban - whether to launch increasingly aggressive attacks against...

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (1987) – A Movie Review

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GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (1987) - A Movie Review Is this movie the greatest Vietnam Movie of All Time?  Vote Now! "Gooooooooood morning, Vietnam!" The films of...

Intel experts: ‘We are repeating every mistake we made in Vietnam’

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Intel experts: 'We are repeating every mistake we made in Vietnam' Time Magazine's Joe Klein reports in the magazine's paid-restricted online edition that senior intelligence...

“Tootsie Pop Soldier” from ‘Nam shares treats with Iraq troops

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"Tootsie Pop Soldier" from 'Nam shares treats with Iraq troopsBy Pat KinneyCHARLES CITY --- Carl Jacob has never forgotten one special gift he received...

The man on the Marco Polo Bridge

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The Two Faces of a CoinBy Robert SchneiderThe bridge is near Beijing and has seen much history. It is a beautiful structure almost always associated...

Iraq vet to report for duty at new Al-Jazeera English-language channel

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Is former Marine helping anti-U.S. sentiment?By Jamie Gangel The controversial Arab network recently announced that it had hired none other than a former U.S. Marine...

Hire Vets program helping troops get work

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Hire Vets program helping troops get workBy Robert M. Cook DOVER When Ken Seitz lost his job at Seabrook Station in 2004 after working...

Bring them home? Stay to the finish?

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Americans wrestle with war in Iraqas casualties climb Two thousand Americans dead. Nearly half as many as were killed during the eight years of the...

Cindy’s rhetoric just isn’t right: It’s extreme left

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Cindy's rhetoric just isn't right: It's extreme leftBy Ed Koch Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004, has become the...