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Mortgage Crisis Hits Home For Troops, Veterans

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Mortgage Crisis Hits Home For Troops, Veteransby Gidget FuentesCHULA VISTA, Calif. — Air Force veteran Nellie Cooper thought she was following good advice when...

Veterans, how much MONEY do you want to make?

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Veterans, How much business do you want?   by Joseph R. GrossiThe federal government spends about $250 billion annually on products and services, so three percent...

High at the Mountain Post

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Part One of the Series: 'Coming Home: Soldiers and Drugs'By ROBERT LEWIS and KATE MCCARTHY Editor's Note from Brian Ross: In the third year of...

U.S. Veterans Fix Their Credit Score Challenges with DIY Software

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Veterans Can Fix Their Own Credit ChallengesDIY Software Makes Credit Repair for Veterans Fast, Easy, and Effectiveby John P. Allen, DirectVALoan.comCan Veterans fix their...

The Soldier and the Student

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For Returning Soldiers, GI Bill Doesn't Add Upby Ellis Henican, NewsdayThey're coming home, the lucky ones are, pulling their lives back together after harrowing...

Wrapped in the Flag – OUT OF CONTROL

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Wrapped in the Flag - OUT OF CONTROL by Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air Force-Retired  Before sharing my opinion of those who wrap themselves in...

Hands Off Iran

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A Taxpayer Protest Against A Global War: If Bush Goes To War With Iran, Americans Should Deny Him The Money He Needsby Chris Hedges,...

"UNSETTLED MATTERS" THE POW/MIA ISSUE: GARWOOD

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“GARWOOD” BY:  JAMES WEBB   Many of you may be familiar with the name “Bobby Garwood”:  Garwood’s story has received a lot of press coverage and...

120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week

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The military refuses to come clean, insisting the high rates are due to "personal problems," not experience in combat.by Penny Coleman, Alternet  Earlier this year,...

The Story Behind One PoW's Incredible Escape From Vietnam

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Tortured with razor-sharp bamboo and fed alive to ants: The story behind one PoW's incredible escape from Vietnamby Zoe BrennanFlying low over the dangerous...

GORDON DUFF: RETURNING VETS AND HOLIDAY BLUES

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A VET'S NARRATIVE ON SURVIVING THE "SILLY SEASON" by Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor For some veterans of our current war, this will be their first...

Way Past Time to Recognize the Foreign-Born, those who serve in our Armed Forces

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Way Past Time to Recognize the Foreign-Born, those who serve in our Armed Forces By (American of Irish-German descent) Robert L. Hanafin, Major, U.S. Air...

Government: Vaccines Threaten Up to 44,000 U.S. Soldiers

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'This really is like Russian roulette. Spin the chamber and take your shot'WorldNetDailyA U.S. soldier in Iraq is being punished for refusing an anthrax...

America Has Failed Our Veterans

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For my disconnected, disinterested, uncaring friends, it's not about the damn money, We have the damn money, it's us, we suck, we do not...

Treason and Betrayal, Time for Impeachment

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THE CONSEQUENCES OF A PRESIDENTIAL TANTRUM: AMERICAN LIVES AT RISKBY G DUFFFormer Whitehouse spokesman, Scott McLellan has, in excerpts from his upcoming book, charged...

Driver Tased For Asking Officer Why He Was Stopped

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Man who refused to sign speeding ticket because he did not understand what it was is tased and arrested by officer who then refused...

Wounded soldiers asked to return signing bonuses

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After being wounded in the war, the Military is asking soldiers to return their signing Bonusesby Steve Benen,The Carpetbagger ReportLeft, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM --...

Deaths from Radioactive Munitions in Middle East May Exceed Deaths from A-Bomb

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RADIOACTIVE AMMUNITION FIRED IN THE MIDDLE EAST MAY CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI by Sherwood RossBy firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K.,...

America Stand to Be Counted

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America Stand To Be Countedby Paul NewellYes, let’s talk about the statistics on what has been done. America Stands at the base of goodwill...

Leaving A Mark On History

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LEAVING A MARK ON HISTORYBy Matt DavisonServing veterans incarcerated creates bonds with warriors who took part in wars spanning Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf...

State Courts Declare Open-Season on Veterans’ Disability Compensation

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Self-serving attorneys and judges have found ways to circumvent federal laws that prohibit third party awards of veteran’s benefits.by Jere Beery  "Ah, yes, divorce …...

FOR DIABETIC VETERANS, STRAIGHT TALK ON EXERCISE

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  Exercise: An Essential Part of the Diabetic Lifestyle BY CAROL DUFF RN For both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics exercise will reduce the...

Real-Life Star Wars: The Militarization of Space

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Space hasn't yet been weaponized but it is already highly militarized, thanks to a money-hungry arms industry and a commission started by Rumsfeld.  by Stan...

West Irving Die Casting Company Joins HireVeterans.com in Order to Employ War Veterans

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West Irving Die Casting Company Now Hiring War VeteransBy Morgan Barker and John Allen West Irving Die Casting Company has a reputation as a...

Die Casting Company Seeks War Veterans For Hire

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West Irving Die Casting Company Now Hiring War VeteransWest Irving Die Casting Company Joins HireVeterans.com in Order to Employ War VeteransBy Morgan Barker and...

Burger King Still Bashing Vietnam Vets

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BURGER KING CORPORATION, OWNED BY WALL STREET GIANTS STILL CRYING "BABY KILLER" IN THEIR 40 YEAR HISTORY OF VETERAN HIRING DESCRIMINATIONBy JON CHAVEZ, BLADE...

Is the Military Our Last, Best Hope for Averting War with Iran?

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When military command is the voice of reason in a debate about a new war, you know our democracy is in trouble.  by Chris Hedges,...

VA Fails Wounded Warriors

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Wounded Warriors Face Home-front Battle with VA       Story Highlights        Ty Ziegel lost an arm, part of his skull when he was attacked in Iraq      ...

Unsettled Matters: The POW/MIA Issue

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NEW NAMES FOR THE WALLBY: JAMES WEBBIn honor and tribute, and as a place to heal all wounds, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was...

Law Firms Rushing to Veterans’ Aid

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Increasing numbers of civilian attorneys are stepping up to the plate to assist veterans  The U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA) is infamous for its...

Austin Energy Has Partnered With HireVeterans.com to Employ War Veterans

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Austin Energy Reaches Out to War VeteransBy K. Morgan Barker and Randy MillerIn a move as smart and as advanced as everything else they...

Cutting-Edge Energy Company Seeks to Hire War Veterans

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Austin Energy Has Partnered With HireVeterans.com to Employ War Veterans Austin Energy Reaches Out to War VeteransBy K. Morgan Barker and Randy MillerIn a move...

Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Joins Forces With HireVeterans.com to Employ War Veterans

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Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Seeking War Veterans for Employment By Morgan Barker and John P. Allen Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology is the world’s leader...

Global Business Leader Wants to Hire War Veterans

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Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Seeking War Veterans for Employment Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology Joins Forces With HireVeterans.com to Employ War Veterans By Morgan Barker and John...

Canada Court: AWOL US Soldiers Not Refugees

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Rejection of appeal by Supreme Court clears way for deserters' deportationby Kari Huus, MSNBCThe Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday refused to hear an...

Obscene Corporate Profits Drive Bush War Policy

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Time for WEPT: War Excess Profits Taxby G. DuffDuring the Civil War, there was an uproar about the dishonorable act of getting rich off...

Perspective on Suicide

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THERE NEVER HAS BEEN A COMING HOME: WHY IS SUICIDE THE ONLY CHOICE TO SOME?by G. DuffWe have another war, decades later and CBS...

Influenza Vaccine a Must for Diabetics

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Influenza Vaccine: A Need For the Diabetic by Carol Duff, RN Influenza is a potentially serious viral infection with an incidence in the United States of...

Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans

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A CBS News Investigation Uncovers A Suicide Rate For Veterans Twice That Of Other Americans.  So far 5,000 dead. Not shot, not grenaded, not...

Veterans Lose Jobs When They Return Home from War

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Veterans Get Ousted from their JobsMajor Government Survey Shows Veterans Losing Their Jobs at Home Upon Return from Warby Hobart R. RiversHorribly strained by...

Coming Home, U.S. Veterans Find Their Jobs Go Missing in Action

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Veterans Get Ousted from their JobsMajor Government Survey Shows Veterans Losing Their Jobs at Home Upon Return from Warby Hobart R. RiversHorribly strained by...

Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility

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Building 18 symbolizes a larger problem in Walter Reed's treatment of the wounded By Dana Priest and Anne Hull, Washington PostBehind the door of Army...