Veterans
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Soldier's hero's welcome based on pack of lies
Seattle Times &bull Today
Family, friends and veterans groups filled the airport terminal to greet Jordan Olson. For the Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier, on leave from the war in Afghanistan, Saturday's homecoming was a hero's welcome. Two days later, the soldier's lies became public. Full Story »
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Congress Honors WWII's Women Pilots
Truthdig &bull Today
After decades of second-class treatment, America's female aviators of the second world war have been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Although 38 died in the line of duty, the women received none of the benefits of male pilots and weren't… Full Story »
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Kant Patel et al - Health Care Politics And Policy in America
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House rejects forced troop withdrawal
Politico.com &bull Yesterday
Pakistan's increased co-operation with the U.S. effort and Obama's efforts to reach out to other nations in the region, including Russia and China, are helping his cause. At the same time, his anti-war critics clearly overreached in Wednesday's debate by… Full Story »
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Ex-Marine sues Calif. city to get back police job
Seattle Times &bull Yesterday
The suit claims Riverside violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, a federal law that prohibits discrimination against veterans. Full Story »
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Lewis-McChord soldier makes false claims
Seattle Times &bull Yesterday
Family, friends and veterans groups filled the airport terminal to greet Jordan Olson. They held balloons, American flags and banners. Hugs and handshakes abounded. Family, friends and veterans groups filled the airport terminal to greet Jordan Olson. They held balloons,… Full Story »
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Sally E. Thorne - Negotiating Health Care: The Social Context of Chronic Illness
sponsored listing • Shopping.comContributing a unique perspective to health reform, Negotiating Health Care presents the findings of a large qualitative investigation of the experiences of the chronically ill within today's health care system. The author develops the argument that chronic illness and acute illness are social...Full Story »
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Just trust me please: The Patriots also have veterans Kevin Faulk
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull YesterdayBrett Favre and his Vikings horizontal over his lapsed Blind To Niche Packers in persuasive arrangement before blow-off witching hour's subject Monday Witching Hour Sport buzz session. Favre became the specific... Full Story »
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Griffith Moves to Distance Himself From Rangel Donations
Roll Call - Politics &bull Yesterday
Party-switching Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) on Tuesday cut a $7,000 check to a local veterans memorial foundation in an effort to distance himself from campaign donations he received from scandal-tinged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.). The National Republican Congressional Committee has… Full Story »
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Jerry Chautin: Stimulus for Small-Business Loan Programs is Inadequate and Time-Dated
Huffington Post &bull Mar 9, 2010
At first, SBA limited Community Express to underserved borrowers. That included women, veterans and targeted minority applicants. Since then, the agency decided to open up smaller loans to most applicants and make larger ones in economically distressed neighborhoods. When an… Full Story »
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Studio splices IPO
New York Post &bull Mar 9, 2010
The Film Department attempts to go public: take three. The struggling independent movie studio founded by Warner Bros. and Miramax veterans Mark Gill and Neil Sacker is slashing the amount of money it hopes to raise in an IPO by… Full Story »
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Thomas Stephen Szasz - Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America
sponsored listing • Shopping.comIn recent decades, American medicine has become increasingly politicized and politics has become increasingly medicalized. Behaviors previously seen as virtuous or wicked, wise or unwise are now dealt with as "healthy" or "sick"--unwanted behaviors to be controlled as if they were public health issues...Full Story »
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- Barack Obama
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Mackey seeks 4th win in Iditarod sled dog race
Seattle Times &bull Mar 9, 2010
Going into the race, Mackey said his 16-dog team looked sharp, consisting of new youngsters and a core of veterans that are capable of beating 70 other teams to the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast. The Fairbanks… Full Story »
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If You Succeed Inner-City Black Man, Woman, or Child......: My Dad Being One of the Many Honorably Discharged WWII Veterans, That Generation being the Greatest Generation of U.S. Veterans Ever!
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull Mar 9, 2010My Dad Being One of the Many Honorably Discharged WWII Veterans, That Generation being the Greatest Generation of U.S. Veterans Ever! My Dad, Leon E. Lofton, Jr. an honorably discharged disabled U.S. combat infantry Buffalo Soldier veteran draftee of a… Full Story »
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Elevating America one veteran at a time
www.rdmag.com via @usmcsupporter &bull Mar 8, 2010Earlier today while speaking to the annual conference of the National Association of Workforce Boards in Washington, D.C., I announced that Microsoft is forming a coalition of public, private and non-profit organizations to help our country's veterans and their spouses get the additional skills they need to succeed in today's economy. The initiative is an extension of Elevate America, a program Microsoft… Full Story »
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Rob Diamond: Glenn Beck--"Restoring Honor" or Exploiting the Children of Dead War Heroes?
Huffington Post &bull Mar 8, 2010
Oh, I see, SOWF's Board of Directors is stacked with right-wing ideologues like Erik Prince, the founder and head of Blackwater (yes, that Blackwater). Do what you want, but I will keep giving my money to real charities like Iraq… Full Story »
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The March 18 deadline
The Hill - Pundit Blog &bull Mar 8, 2010
Now he wants it done the day after the most important holiday of the year, St. Patrick's Day. My middle name is Patrick, so I have always taken St. I believe that St. Having a healthcare vote on the day… Full Story »
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Axelrod and Emanuel: The news 'fit to print' on one side or post on the other
The Hill - Pundit Blog &bull Mar 8, 2010
Hope America Fails Republicans' terrified of positive jobs newsPivotal point pendingObama's capital gains manipulationA real result from the Veterans Affairs innovation initiativeObama insiders to work in the upcoming U.K. Full Story »
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Silent barriers
New York Post &bull Mar 8, 2010
But veterans with "invisible" disabilities such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI) have it toughest of all, experts say. "There's a terrible stigma," says Tom Tarantino of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. "People… Full Story »
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Building bridges
New York Post &bull Mar 8, 2010
They've helped build nations overseas while defending our country - so let's put them to work building here. That's the concept behind the Helmets to Hardhats program, a nonprofit group funded by the Department of Defense that helps military veterans… Full Story »
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Veterans raise funds for monument to military dogs
Dallas Morning News - Texas/Southwest &bull Mar 8, 2010
The veterans presented plans for a bronze pedestal with a soldier and four dogs, designed by Brian Rich, of Fairfax, Va. He's the uncle of a Marine dog handler, Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee, who was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade… Full Story »
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- George W. Bush
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Nancy Franklin: "The Pacific" on HBO.
George Packer (The New Yorker) &bull Mar 8, 2010
The Pacific," a ten-part miniseries that begins Sunday on HBO, is a companion piece to the channel's "Band of Brothers," which chronicled a company of paratroopers in the 101st Airborne Division from training to D Day, and on to Germany, through Holland and Belgium. As soon as that series began airing, nine years ago, veterans… Full Story »
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Thoughts from Texas: Healthcare and personal responsibility
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull Mar 7, 2010Hi this is my first blog, so try to be patient with me. There are my thoughts concerning this healthcare fiasco brought on by the President and the progressives. I keep hearing them say that they want to help those… Full Story »
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