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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Vets

Proposal to Ease Aid for G.I.'s With Stress Disorder
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, military, Vets, post-traumatic stress, compensation )

Dee
- 93 days ago - nytimes.com
Under fire from veterans groups and Congress for its handling of disability claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing new regulations that it says will make it easier for veterans to seek compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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GI Bill for a New Era Kicking in
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, congress, GI bill, military, troops, Vets, Service, education, help, GoodNews )

Dee
- 118 days ago - timesunion.com
ALBANY -- P.J. Higgitt has not had much time for college in the last two decades. After a full-time stint in the Army, he has continued his military service in the National Guard, 18 months of which he had to worry about staying alive during a tour in..
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Soldiers Adjust to Returning Home
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troops, war, National Guard, Vets, Reintegration )

Dee
- 266 days ago - capitalnews9.com
"With combat veterans, we've trained them to do intense things and now they have to come back to a culture that doesn't quite understand them and we need to give them time to do that. We need to give them the opportunity to do that at their pace,"
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Inhalant Habit Killed Dwyer
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Dwyer, Iraq war, vets, VA, huffing, ethics. Congress )

LadyGayle
- 501 days ago - thepilot.com
Remember this photo? This man, a symbol of the Iraq War, just died from huffing. Where was the VA? Where is the outrage?
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'How Do You Fund a War, But Not the Casualties?'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: troops, war, bushadministration, death, Vets )

Dee
- 764 days ago - newsweek.com
I honestly do not know how this president sleeps at night..
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101 G.I. Suicides Must Not Be Afterthoughts
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, afghanistan, iraq, war, PTSD, Vets, suicides )

Jennie
- 830 days ago - opednews.com
Oh, by the way, the Pentagon, as an afterthought to the 3,705 G.I. deaths in Iraq since the start of the war five-and-a-half years ago, said that 101 U.S. service men and women have committed suicide after returning home.
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