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Pentagon eyewitness IDs Global Hawk

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Boeing 757 Did Not Hit the Pentagonby Christopher Bollyn Samuel Danner (electrical engineer for AmTrak), was involved in the clean-up at the Pentagon crash site...

US War Veterans Feeling Stressed, Deserted

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Men At One Base Say The Army Is Ignoring PTSD Cases FORT CARSON, Colo. According to a recent report from the Veterans Administration, more...

Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vets

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Basic Trainees Carry Legacy of Vietnam Vetsby Bridgett Siter FORT BENNING, Ga.-- Pvt. Jay Grassel believes he has a lot in common with Pfc. James...

US Military Short on Cash and Equipment

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U.S. Military Suffers Equipment and Base Shortfallsby Diane M. Grassi  For the last quarter of 2006 United States Army bases stateside face a funding deficit...

Newest Veterans Get Hiring Preference for Federal Jobs

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Veterans Who Have Recently Left the Military Receive Fed Hiring Preference by David Hammer WASHINGTON - Veterans who have recently left the military received hiring preference...

War Crimes exposed as Serial Murder in the Military

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When the Personality Disorder Wears Camouflage by Benedict Carey         When a war crime doesn't look quite like a war crime when it seems cold and...

Jobs For Military Veterans Making Transition

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The transition from a military career to a civilian job isn't always easy, but there's new private and public help for those making the...

Vietnam War draft dodgers reunite in Canada

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Three decades after they fled the United States to avoid the Vietnam War, a small group of former draft dodgers gathered in Canada Thursday,...

Can the US Afford to Support the Troops?

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The yearly cost of unemployment benefits for disabled military personnel has ballooned to $3 billion. Is the U.S. prepared for the oncoming wave of...

Veterans Teach War 101: The line between killer and murderer

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Veterans enlisted to teach new soldiers about waging war the right' way Whether it's firing a rifle from 100 feet away or directing a bombing...

Recreating the Vietnam War Experience

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It's been more than 30 years since American troops left Vietnam, but deep in the Mississippi woods, a group of men tried to recreate...

Native American Veterans Hold Special Place in Tribe, Country

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Native American Soldiers Have Spent the Last 100 Years Defending the US--Even Though the US Didn't Honor their Tribesby Bethany Root From Pershing's Indian scouts...

Thousands of Troops Say They Won’t Fight

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Thousands of Troops are Becoming Deserters rather than Fight in the Warby Ana Radelat  Swept up by a wave of patriotism after the U.S. invasion...

Vietnam Veteran Declared Dead by the VA Loses Everything

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Letter From a "Dead" Vietnam Veteranby John A. Evans My name is John A. Evans, according to the United States of America. I was declared...

Drug Ecstasy Offered to Veterans with Combat Stress

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American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring...

American Dream, American Nightmare

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American Dream, American Nightmare The greatness of the United States is uniqueand not a model to be exported by narrow-minded nationalists. By Christopher Dickey I spent the...

Man Serves Year in Iraq Because of Clerical Error

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Pentagon incorrectly had captain's discharge date as 2010, instead of 1999 MOUNT ORAB, Ohio - A former National Guard captain whose military service was...

Job Fair in New York and Virginia Looking for Military Veterans

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TECHEXPO Top Secret Job Fair coming to New York Wednesday, July 19th, 10am-4pmHilton New York1335 Sixth Avenue, New York, NYEvent details & Travel Directions on...

Bush Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog

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Bush Partied at Graceland with Japanese PM and Forgot WW II Veteransby Robert Schneider I assume that most of you saw Japan's PM Kozumi with...

WW2 Merchant Marines Finally get Veterans Benefits

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WW2 Merchant Marine Veterans Finally get Benefits-- But is it Too Little, Too late?by Chris Buckley In 1988, Michael Kemple received a letter from then-Gov. Robert...

Heritage Crystal-Clean Looks to Hire Veterans

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Get to Know Employers who Support Our Veterans   Heritage Crystal-Clean Looks to Hire Veterans   By Gordon G. Gates, Recruiting Specialist at HireVeterans.com   Heritage Crystal-Clean, a privately held environmental...

Government Authorized Ways to Celebrate Your Freedoms This 4th of July

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As we go out to celebrate our freedom this 4th of July, let's go over a few things to make your celebration a success: Do...

Bush Gives Troops A July 4th Pep Talk

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President Vows Not To Retreat In Iraq Left: President Bush speaks with Lieutenant General John Vines, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, during a...

Bikers Roar Over Roads to Support Wars’ Wounded Veterans

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U.S. Military Vets Motorcyclists Raise Money for Veterans during Operation Libertyby Amy Wu The leathered motorcyclists blazing through the back roads of Bloomfield, Canandaigua and Rush...

This Picture Made this Military Veteran a Hero

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This Picture Made this Military Veteran a Hero--Then His Life Fell Apartby Paul Harris A photographer's lens caught James Blake Miller smeared with blood and dirt...

US-trained Iraqis Turn On US Troops

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Iraqi Troops are Turning On their American Counterpartsby Marjorie Cohn Sergeant Patrick R. McCaffrey, Sr. and First Lieutenant Andre D. Tyson died on this day...

Military Veterans Wheelchair Games begin

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Hundreds of Disabled Veterans will Compete at the 26th National Veterans Wheelchair Gamesby Mary Pemberton ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- After a roadside bomb exploded under his 5-ton truck...

GIs May Have Planned Iraq Rape, Slayings

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Investigation shows GIs Spent Week Plotting Rape and Murder Targetting an Iraqi Familyby Ryan Lenz BEIJI, Iraq - Investigators believe American soldiers spent nearly a...

Veterans for Freedom Ties Exposed

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Pro-War "Vets for Freedom" Tied to Bush's PR Team Citizen journalists on SourceWatch have been investigating and exposing the many Republican connections and the partisan...