sfgate.com - 11/11/2008
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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, broad-shouldered 21-year-old with a wide smile, went to ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/10/2008
prnewswire.com - 11/11/2008
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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 ...
michaeltotten.com - 11/12/2008
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My request to embed with the U.S. Army
in Baghdad has been approved, and it turns out...
that I need to leave a bit earlier than I expected. It will take a while before I actually get there – I need to be in Kuwait four days in advance for ...
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On My Way to Baghdad
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31 Killed by Triple Bombing in Baghdad; Questions about Funding for Iraqi Intelligence
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... the other hand, government spokesman Ali Dabbagh demanded further changes on Monday, even though the US side has said it will refuse to reopen negotiations. Tikrit is removing the blast walls and security barriers in the city. The Shiite Iraqi government is now paying about 50,000 Sons of Iraq or members of Sunni Arab Awakening Councils. US commanders on the ground are dismissing concerns that these councils might go rogue. Iraq and Afghanistan vets join the homeless. China and Iraq have concluded a $3 bn. deal for ...
Veterans Deserve Better: Breaking Faith With Those Who Serve
Firedoglake —
... The fact that I've been writing about the issue of veteran's care falling through the cracks and mental health services being wholly inadequate for the last few years is shameful enough. That we see this Veteran's Day a still-rising tally of suicides among soldiers who are not receiving adequate mental health care, whose families still have far too little support -- from both the VA and from their communities is an indictment of who we are in this nation.
Shame on all ...
The Forgotten Vets
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... . Today, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Anne Sussman writes about the Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans who are joining the homeless population : More than 2,000 military personnel return home to California each month. Most have no specialized job experience, education or an easy familiarity with civilian life. And many have post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), making it difficult to get along with friends and family, and almost impossible to hold down a job… One of the symptoms of PTSD is isolation and withdrawal, according to Amy Fairweather, director of the Iraq ...
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