Category Archives: Veterans

Senate Democrats offer veterans jobs bill, without millionaire’s surtax

By doris | Published: November 6, 2011

Full Story at Senate CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats proposed Friday tax incentives for businesses hiring veterans as well as job training for all service members leaving the military. The measure was unveiled as the next piece in President Obama’s jobs bill and as a remedy to unemployment among veterans. “It would basically make [...]

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Perry offers outline of foreign policy platform

By doris | Published: August 29, 2011

Full Story at First Read.msnbc.msn.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry offered the broad outlines of his foreign policy philosophy at an annual gathering of veterans Monday, telling attendees that he opposes “military adventurism” while also advocating for “taking the fight to the enemy” and decrying indecision by “multi-lateral debating societies” at times of international crisis. “We [...]

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Senator says 6,600 Arlington graves may have been mismanaged

By doris | Published: July 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Mike McLaughlin knew he buried his father, a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean War, at Arlington National Cemetery. So when he opened the newspaper recently and saw his father’s tombstone sunk in the bottom of a shallow, muddy stream, he was stunned. [...]

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Lawmakers probe hospital that may have infected veterans with HIV

By doris | Published: July 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon into the safety lapses at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in Missouri. The hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. The center [...]

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Vets running for Congress face battle for hearts and minds

By doris | Published: May 1, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Tommy Sowers conducted counterinsurgency operations in Iraq, leading a team of Green Berets. Tom Wesley served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, completing multiple deployments to the western Pacific at the height of the Cold War. Both are highly accomplished veterans who say they enjoy the admiration [...]

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Many veterans missing out on better benefits

By doris | Published: April 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WILMINGTON, N.C. – Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims. As of mid-March, only 921 vets have applied out of the [...]

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Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery

By doris | Published: November 12, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role Wednesday, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners. In his brief speech after a wreath-laying at the Tomb of [...]

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High court to decide if war memorial violates Constitution

By doris | Published: October 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com And if you don’t look too closely, you’re likely to zip right past the focus of a hotly contested Supreme Court battle. A federal judge has ordered the Mojave Cross, a war memorial erected by a veterans group 75 years ago, to be covered. It’s boxed in plywood. The issue is [...]

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VA workers given millions in bonuses as vets await checks

By doris | Published: August 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com A report issued by the VA’s Office of Inspector General said the department issued millions of dollars in awards over a two-year period in 2007 and 2008. “The frequent and large dollar amount awards given to employees were unusual and often absurd,” the report stated. The reports also called the payments [...]

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