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VA Steps Up Effort to Educate Families on Stress Disorder

March 24, 2008 – With roughly one in five soldiers or Marines serving in Iraq and Afghanistan developing post-traumatic stress disorder, and many of them remaining untreated, family members are the target for educational outreach by the Department of Veterans … Continue reading

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White House Restricts VA Hospital Report

March 21, 2008 – Fort Wayne, Ind — U.S. Rep. Mark Souder is criticizing the White House’s decision to withhold about three-quarters of a government consultant’s report detailing recommendations for the future of the city’s VA hospital. The Journal Gazette … Continue reading

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Florida Veterans for Common Sense Call to Action

TV Appearance by Mike Burns: Our VP, Mike Burns, will appear on Channel 40, ABC tomorrow, March 25, 2008, between 12:00 noon and 12:30PM. (Channel 7 Cable in SRQ.) Mike will be talking about our Walkathon on Sunday. ACTION REQUEST: Columnist … Continue reading

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Exclusive: Blackwater ‘Blood Money’ Angers Iraqis

March 20, 2008 – At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company. The father of a 9-year-old boy, who says his son was … Continue reading

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Civil Liberties Victory: Military Judge Rules in Favor of Juvenile Prisoner of War at Guantanamo

March 19, 2008 – For a third time, a military judge has authorized lawyers for Osama bin Laden’s driver to send questions to alleged al Qaeda kingpins in segregation at Guantánamo. The ruling by Navy Capt. Keith Allred rejected national … Continue reading

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Shadows on High: Ohio’s Shame; Caring for Ohio’s Veterans Shouldn’t Be So Political

March 21, 2008 – She settled into her seat on a flight from Chicago to Columbus, taking a clearly stressful call on her cell phone. She hung up to get ready for our flight – looked at me – and … Continue reading

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Soldier Found Himself Fighting Army

March 21, 2008 – Then-Sgt. Michael Butler of Jackson took a stand in October 2004 – against a military order. Butler and 22 other members of an Army Reserve unit refused to go on a fuel transport mission in Iraq … Continue reading

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Overdose Raises Questions at Walter Reed

March 24, 2008 – The night before he was to enter a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, Army Pfc. Chris Eckert swallowed a pill prescribed to help him sleep without the nightmares that have tormented him since he left Iraq. … Continue reading

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Obama: Impact of the Bush-McCain War on Communities, Economy

March 20, 2008 – In Charleston, West Virginia, Mar. 20, Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama continued his criticisms of Bush’s handling of the Iraq war. To a standing ovation, Obama pledged to bring the Iraq war to an end in his … Continue reading

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Warrior Hotline Program Helps Soldiers With Post Traumatic Stress

March 19, 2008 – Staff Sgt. Scott Snyder and his wife, Angela, were sitting down in their Moline, Ill., living room to watch a war movie and eat some hot wings. A few minutes later, Snyder was screaming and begging … Continue reading

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