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Veterans Advocates Pin Hopes on New VA Leadership
January 20, 2009 – Veterans advocates are looking for sweeping changes in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if President Barack Obama’s pick for taking control of that agency is confirmed as expected. Retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki is … Continue reading
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The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide, with Chapter by Paul Sullivan, Now Available Free On-Line
The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide November 10, 2008 – Veterans for America is proud to release The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide today, one day before Veterans Day to better serve those who have served all of … Continue reading
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Campaign Seeks to Draw Awareness to PTSD
January 16, 2009, Columbus, OH – Post traumatic stress disorder is a common disorder that is not commonly discussed. Now a new nationwide campaign seeks to put the disorder into the spotlight. Glenn Minney was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress … Continue reading
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Jan 20, VCS in the News: U.S. Settles Lawsuit with Family of Iraq War Veteran Who Committed Suicide
January 20, 2009 – The federal government has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an Iraq war veteran who hung himself in his parents’ basement in June 2005 after being turned away by doctors at a Veterans … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Identified in Colorado Standoff – Veteran Completed Suicide
January 20, 2009, Colorado Springs, CO – A friend, Keith, of Iraq war veteran Larry Curtis Applegate says the veteran was one of the smartest and most caring people he ever met. Applegate committed suicide after a two-hour standoff with … Continue reading
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Military Youth Ministry Stalks Students on Public School Buses for jesus
January 16, 2009 – The government-funded targeting of the children of our servicemen and servicewomen by Christian religious organizations is an issue that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been gathering information on for some time now. The countless … Continue reading
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Senator Tester Announces Agenda for Veterans
January 18, 2009 – Improving the health care of American Indian veterans and making it easier to track electronic records are among the improvements Sen. Jon Tester hopes to make this year in the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee. Tester, a … Continue reading
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Flap Over Purple Heart is ‘Tip of Iceburg’ Veterans Say
January 16, 2009 – The Kern County Veterans Service Department began regular monthly visits here this week to assist mountain veterans to obtain and update their benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but a new flap in … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Ten Take Aways from the Bush Years
January 18, 2009 – There’s actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the troubled presidency of George W. Bush. Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 hours, spent hundreds of hours … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Veterans Healthcare System Needs Triage
January 15, 2009, San Francisco, California (IPS) – Eighteen U.S. veterans kill themselves every day. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas. One in every three homeless men in the United States has put on a uniform … Continue reading
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