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VA hires vets to go find comrades who need help »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 1 week ago in News

MIAMI (AP) — Derek Graner can scan a crowd of veterans and pick out those needing help.

The former Army sergeant developed post traumatic stress disorder ...

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Admiral says war veterans will suffer for years »

Posted by: ap 8 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) — Homelessness, family strains and psychological problems among returning veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will persist in the U.S. for ...

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Senator stalls Duckworth's nomination »

Posted by: ap 8 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator is delaying the nomination of Tammy Duckworth, an injured Iraq war helicopter pilot, to be an assistant secretary at the ...

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VA Approved Flight School »

Posted by: wis3384 10 months, 3 weeks ago in News

Career flight training is a covered benefit under the Montgomery GI Bill; the new Phoenix East Aviation grant, called the Patriot Institutional Grant, is designed ...

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Envoy choice would shed his three stars in Kabul »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 1 week ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's something unusual about President Barack Obama's choice of Karl Eikenberry to be the top U.S. civilian official in Afghanistan ...

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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama aides engaged in Paris »

Posted by: ap 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News

PARIS (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama's spokeswoman got an urgent call Saturday morning, summoning her to the U.S. Embassy ahead of time. An ...

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Vet groups: Definition of combat is outdated »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 1 week ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A World War II-era law established that veterans who "engaged in combat with the enemy" receive special treatment when they seek disability compensation ...

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Retired military officers: keep ban on gays »

Posted by: ap 8 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 1,000 retired military officers, including several who were top commanders, are urging President Barack Obama and Congress to maintain ...

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Transgender wife gets 4 years for husband's death »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A transgender woman has been sentenced in Ohio to four years in prison for killing her frail husband by forcing him to ...

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Surprising marriage ends in bizarre Ohio killing »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio (AP) — James M. Mason knew his wife since she was born a boy. The janitor and former military man was a boarder in ...

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Flood-weary Red River Valley has survival tricks »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 1 week ago in News

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — During the last big Red River Valley flood in 1997, a water pump next to the levee that protects Fargo's ...

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Obama nixes idea of billing vets' insurance »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has decided to drop any consideration of billing veterans' private insurance companies for the treatment of combat-related injuries, the White ...

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Obama picks 'humanitarian' general for Sudan »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new U.S. special envoy to Sudan is a retired Air Force major-general and an old friend of President Barack Obama.

In ...

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More states offer license plates honoring war dead »

Posted by: ap 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Gary Merchant's son Christopher was killed while serving with the Vermont National Guard in Ramadi three years ago, when the city ...

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One Person Shows Up At Al Franken Event.. »

Posted by: GregD 1 year, 3 months ago in News

On Friday, DFL-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken demonstrated how true that saying can be, when a roundtable on veterans issues at Brigitte's ...

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