iava.org - 11/5/2008
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Download an IAVA paper summarizing Secretary Nicholson's tenure with the VA. The paper is available in Word or PDF format. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 17, 2007 CONTACT: Michael Houston, IAVA (212) 982-9699 or michael[at]iava.org Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/10/2008
prnewswire.com - 11/11/2008
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prnewswire.com —
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 ...
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IAVA and Ad Council Launch National PSA Campaign for ...
sfgate.com - 11/11/2008
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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, ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans join the homeless
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