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PTSD: Genetic link could lead to vet drug treatment
VCS ED quoted From the New Haven Register By Peggy McCarthy, Conn. Health I-Team Writer A recent study that discovered a genetic link to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) could ultimately lead to breakthroughs in treatment or prevention, but advances … Continue reading
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Slain Marine commander’s actions called heroic
Story of great American Heroes From The Washington Post By Ernesto Londono Published: September 23, 2012 U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Chris K. Raible, Commanding Officer of Marine Attack Squadron 211 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Ariz., was killed in … Continue reading
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Time to Pay the Price of War
From the Huffington Post By Leila Levinson The Lives of Others is a 2006 German movie about a secret policeman who spies on civilians suspected of criticizing the East German government. As well as revealing the consequences for the policeman of … Continue reading
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GOP Cut Veterans Job Bill: How Vets Became the Latest Casualty in the War Against Obama
From Policy Mic by Jeff Danovich Dear Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and the 45 other United States Senators who thought it was more important to score political points than to do the right thing, On behalf of veterans throughout … Continue reading
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National POW and MIA Recognition Day
NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For more than two centuries, Americans have bravely served our Nation as members of our Armed Forces. Many have made profound sacrifices to … Continue reading
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VA and DoD to Fund $100 Million PTSD and TBI Study
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense (DoD) are investing more than $100 million in research to improve diagnosis and treatment of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “At VA, ensuring that … Continue reading
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GOP Block Veterans Jobs Bill
From Businessweek By Jim Freking WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country’s federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments. … Continue reading
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Vets jobs bill mired in Hill squabble
From the Washington Post By Steve Vogel, Published: September 18 A bill to put veterans to work preserving and restoring national parks and other federal, state and local lands has become mired in a political fight, facing a procedural vote Wednesday in the … Continue reading
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Business puts vets to work rehabbing foreclosed houses
From Stars and Stripes by Paul Gore In an 87-year-old bungalow in West Milwaukee, Sue Loomans is addressing, with a single project, three of the nation’s concerns: jobless military veterans, the foreclosure crisis and the environment. With a work crew … Continue reading
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Republicans vs. Veterans’ Jobs
From the NYT.com Published: September 16, 201 If you made a list of things lawmakers of both parties profess to value at all times — like “jobs,” “opportunity,” “veterans,” “law enforcement,” “firefighters,” “safe streets,” “small business” — and plugged them … Continue reading
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