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IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan | With Video
In Time for Veterans Day, Campaign Directs Veterans to the First and Only Online Community Created Exclusively for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans New York, NY (November 10, 2008) /PRNewswire/ In an effort to help ease the transition and readjustment challenges facing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans ...
Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
pajamasmedia.com — The president-elect will face escalating violence, feckless allies, and time that's quickly running out.... (more) Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless
sfgate.com — June Moss drove from Kuwait to Iraq as an Army engineer in a truck convoy. When she... returned to the United States, she lost her home, and drove her two young children from hotel to hotel across Northern California. Sean McKeen, a hardy, ... (more) Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless
British troops 'cannot bear brunt of Barack Obama's Afghanistan surge'
British troops 'cannot bear brunt of Barack Obama's Afghanistan surge'
telegraph.co.uk — Sir Jock Stirrup warns ministers not to transfer troops from Iraq to Afghanistan... (more) British troops 'cannot bear brunt of Barack Obama's ...
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Paul Rieckhoff: Veterans Day 2.0: A Historic PSA Campaign to Support New Veterans (See the Ad)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... You can learn more about how we shut down part of JFK, how we produced the ad, and about the personal stories of the wounded Iraq veterans featured in it, here. ...

A Community for Veterans
The Latest on Air America — ... . This social networking site was created to give veterans the chance to support one another after the have returned home from their tours of duty. In a statement released today: In an effort to help ease the transition and readjustment challenges facing Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in their return home, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) joined with the Ad Council today to launch a national multimedia public service advertising (PSA) campaign. The campaign directs veterans to the first and only community exclusive to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans through a new ...

Veterans Day 2.0
TPMCafe — ... -You can learn more about how we shut down part of JFK, how we produced the ad, and about the personal stories of the wounded Iraq veterans featured in it, here. ...

On This Veterans Day
Daily Kos — ... Between last week's election and last month's financial breakdown, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan retreated even further from the minds of the American people. So on this Veterans Day, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and the Ad Council are launching a campaign to help the men and women who have served and are serving in these forgotten wars. ...

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