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Poisoned Patriots? Stricken Marines Seek Help With Illnesses
US Politics & Gov't (tags: government, troops, military, toxic chemicals, illness, disease, cancer, VA, Marine Corps, dishonesty )

Dee
- 44 days ago - cnn.com

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- For Rick Kelly, the first sign of cancer was a feeling of discomfort in his chest. "My wife would hug me, and it became almost unbearable," he said.

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Suicide Hot Line Got Calls From 22,000 Veterans
US Politics & Gov't (tags: army, navy, air force, marinesm coast guard, national guard, suicide, troops, us, war, military, help, va, veterans, ptsd )

NotSilent
- 467 days ago - news.yahoo.com

The VA estimates that every year 6,500 veterans take their own lives. ...... of the 18 veterans who commit suicide each day, four to five of them are under VA care, and 12,000 veterans under VA care are attempting suicide each year.

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Inhalant Habit Killed Dwyer
US Politics & Gov't (tags: Dwyer, Iraq war, vets, VA, huffing, ethics. Congress )

LadyGayle
- 483 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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Injured Iraq War Veterans Sue VA Head
US Politics & Gov't (tags: war, troops, military, iraq, healthcare, va )

Jacquelin
- 839 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com

WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by delays in health care, injured Iraq war veterans accused VA Secretary Jim Nicholson in a lawsuit of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment. The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Vete

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Veterans Affairs Care - Or Lack Of Caring
US Politics & Gov't (tags: VA, veterans, after care, benefits, corruption, troops, iraq )

Lauren
- 890 days ago - ivaw.org

the resources at the VA are being used not to treat recently returning veterans, but rather to challenge the integrity of those who have already gone through this system and re-open old wounds which may be present.

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