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Yearly Archives: 2008
Sep 6: VCS to be Honored at Disability Rights Advocates Dinner in San Francisco on Oct 16
Sept. 6, 2008 – Disability Rights Advocates’ 15th Anniversary Gala Please Join Us! Disability Rights Advocates’ 15th Anniversary Gala Honoring Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth October 16, 2008 5:30-9:00 PM Speakers: Paul Sullivan and Benjamin Foss … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Goes Missing in Arizona; SUV Torched
Sept. 6, 2008 – Ralph Tierno knows his brother is a responsible person, a man with no fear who can handle himself. So after his brother went missing near Globe last week, Ralph told police he suspects his brother’s disappearance … Continue reading
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GOP Veterans Look Forward to Backing One of Their Own
Sept. 5, 2008, St. Paul, MN – In a convention hall jammed with people cheering for Sen. John McCain on Thursday night, one group of delegates felt an especially close kinship with the newly minted Republican presidential nominee. Among them … Continue reading
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The Failed Surge, as Iraq Lives Without Electricity
September 2, 2008 – U.S. policy makers and American consumers in the past few months have been immersed in concerns about soaring oil prices and how to lower them. Fuel prices are also expected to be a focal issue when … Continue reading
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American Forces Attack Militants on Pakistani Soil
September 3, 2008, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan – Helicopter-borne American Special Operations forces attacked Qaeda militants in a Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan early Wednesday in the first publicly acknowledged case of United States forces conducting a ground … Continue reading
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Sep 5, Suicide News: Official Army Report Finds Soldiers’ Suicides Rate on Pace to Set Record
September 5, 2008 – Suicides among active-duty soldiers this year are on pace to exceed both last year’s all-time record and, for the first time since the Vietnam War, the rate among the general U.S. population, Army officials said yesterday. … Continue reading
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Lock and Load: Veterans Group Goes After Musgrave
September 4, 2008 – A new campaign ad targeting U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave represents a new tack for independent political action committees seeking to dethrone the three-term congresswoman. It features Colorado Iraq war veterans, cutting to the heart of an … Continue reading
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WWII Vet Says Bush Administration Policy Disgusts Veterans
September 4, 2008, Minneapolis, MN – World War II veteran Don Holden said Wednesday that the sacrifices made by World War II soldiers which helped establish the U.S. as one of the most admired countries in the world was squandered … Continue reading
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Deployment Can Sometimes Interfere with Right to Vote
September 4, 2008, St. Paul, MN – For military men and women serving outside of their home states, the question of voting isn’t always whether they want to, sometimes it’s whether their votes will be counted. Deployment status and distance … Continue reading
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Senator McCain Seen to Have an Edge with Military Members
September 4, 2008, St. Paul, MN – Paul Galanti won’t be in the Xcel Energy Center tonight to witness his longtime friend accept the Republican nomination for president. He was invited, but he chose instead to continue his work in … Continue reading
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