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Did You Serve in Iraq or Afghanistan? »

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OEF/OIF/OND combat Veterans can receive cost free medical care for any condition related to your service in your theater of operation for five years after the date of your discharge or release.…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Women Veterans Task Force Draft Plan Released »

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is releasing for public comment a draft of its strategic report to address key issues facing women Veterans. …

May 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Sibel Edmonds Finally Wins »

David Swanson | Sibel Edmonds' new book, "Classified Woman," is like an FBI file on the FBI, only without the incompetence.…

May 1 2012 / 9 Comments / Read More »
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Joint VA/DOL Program Launches to Retrain 99,000 Unemployed Veterans »

Veterans Today | Starting May 15, unemployed Veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 can now apply for new benefits to cover education costs for up to one year through a joint Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Labor (DOL) program that focuses on retraining 99,000 Veterans for high-demand jobs. …

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Vietnam Wall Turns 30 »

Allen L Roland | Just like during the war, the names of the dead slowly appeared as I descended the gentle slope to the black granite wall and then suddenly the scope of the carnage overcame me as scores of names became hundreds and then thousands and finally over 50,000 and the brutal truth of this unnecessary tragedy overwhelmed…

May 15 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »
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Eligibility for the VA Home Loan Program »

Veterans Today | You’ll need a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) before you can get a VA-backed loan. This section shows how you can apply for one.…

May 7 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Paul Eisen in conversation with Gilad Atzmon (video) »

Gilad Atzmon | We spoke about everything (almost). The Nakba, Jewish Power, the Holocaust, Revisionism, denial. Freedom of thought and expression is the true remedy to our contemporary malaise. Let every voice be heard. …

May 2 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Politics

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The Nakba: Before and After »

May 15 marks Israel's 64th independence day. This year's Jewish calendar commemorated it on April 25.…

May 16 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Want a Reason to Exist? Bitch Slap Some Bad Guys…. »

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If government can not protect its commerce, care and educate its people, provide for the common defense, provide for the common defense…

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Israeli Company Has FAA Permission to Fly Drones in U.S. Airspace! »

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The Israeli company Stark Aerospace of Mississippi is not so much from Mississippi as it is from Israel. Stark Aerospace of Mississippi…

May 15 2012 / 8 Comments / Read More »
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World

Occupy Bilderberg »

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Do you have to be xenophobic, paranoid, isolationist, or libertarian to protest a secretive gathering of over 100 billionaires, industrialists, media barons,…

May 16 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »

Never Ending Nakba »

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As Ilan Pappe has said, most Israeli Jews have no idea of what they did to the Palestinians in 1948. (He also…

May 15 2012 / 7 Comments / Read More »

Sins of Our Fathers : al-Nakba »

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Victors’ celebrations harbor shadows that lurk in the soul as revelers dance in remembrance, burying in laughter the suffering screams of those…

May 14 2012 / 19 Comments / Read More »

Israeli and Palestinian Protests »

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Mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strikes continue. Freedom, dignity, and respect for their rights are at issue. Strikers want horrific Israeli prison abuses…

May 14 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
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Google following CIA’s path in confronting Iran »

Google has removed the name of Persian Gulf from its online maps. It's apparently a CIA-directed plot to demoralize Iranian people and weaken their position in the international community.…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Power of and To: Nonviolent Political Prisoners and People of Conscience »

Out of the 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners on the hunger strike, two have not eaten for 78 days and have said they will not start eating again until their administrative…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Military

The Dark Side of the Prestigious Marine Barracks »

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The Department of Defense estimates that only 20 percent of military personnel who experience "unwanted sexual contact" report it to military authorities because the accusations can be met with suspicion and the victims…

May 12 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »

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