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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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It’s Official: Voc Rehab to Pay for University Health Insurance
Disabledveterans.org and Veterans for Common Sense worked together to make this happen Director Ruth Fanning published the official position of Voc Rehab. That position is that health insurance, if required by the college for all students, will be paid for … Continue reading
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Senate Democrats push for passage of veterans jobs bill
Senate Democrats made another push Thursday to shake a veterans jobs bill loose from procedural hurdles for passage this week. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (Wash.) and bill sponsor Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida expressed frustration that the … Continue reading
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Can Counseling Complicate Your Security Clearance?
From NPR by Larry Abramson Jennifer Norris was a devoted member of the Maine National Guard. “I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved serving in the military,” she says. Norris still wanted a career in the Guard even after she was … Continue reading
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Senate panel approves burn pit registry
From Navytimes.com By Patricia Kime – Staff writer Posted : Wednesday Sep 12, 2012 11:27:38 EDT An effort to create a registry of service members and veterans who may have been exposed to airborne toxins while serving near open-air burn pits … Continue reading
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House Passes Bill Protecting Veterans from For Profit Schools
Militarytimes.com By Rick Maze – Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Sep 11, 2012 19:55:12 EDT The House voted Tuesday to prevent schools that accept GI Bill benefits from paying bounties for recruiting students. In a move aimed at aggressive recruiting in the … Continue reading
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New Stolen Valor Act tops list of vet-related bills before Congress
From Stars and Stripes by Leo Shane III WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates are optimistic that Congress will have enough time left this year to pass several meaningful initiatives for their members, starting this week with a law to replace the … Continue reading
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