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	<title>Veterans Today &#187; Robert L. Hanafin</title>
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		<title>PTSD: From Viet Nam to Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/09/ptsd-from-viet-nam-to-iraq-and-afghanistan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ptsd-from-viet-nam-to-iraq-and-afghanistan</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/09/ptsd-from-viet-nam-to-iraq-and-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[combat and PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coping with PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DO NOT BLAME THE TROOPS FOR PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Failure to diagnose PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Failure to treat PTSD.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Late-onset PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OUR TROOPS AND PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEOPLE with PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postive Public Awareness of PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD Rules in Federal Register 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD SENSITIVITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD STIGMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD Suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTSD treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Awareness of PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNDERSTANDING PTSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VETERANS AND PTSD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=148570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my latest issue of The Veteran Magazine (September-October 2011), from Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), is an excellent series of articles focused on PTSD.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>WAR ECONOMY: Growing Number of Vets View Iraq/Afghanistan as MISTAKES</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/06/war-economy-growing-number-of-vets-view-iraqafghanistan-as-mistakes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=war-economy-growing-number-of-vets-view-iraqafghanistan-as-mistakes</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/06/war-economy-growing-number-of-vets-view-iraqafghanistan-as-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vet News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan Not Worth the Cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Combined war costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq Not Worth the Cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT'S THE WAR ECONOMY STUPID!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pew Research Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pew Research Center 2011 War Poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The War Economy a Dilemma for Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Economy a Casualty of WAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Question the Net Value of Iraq/Afghanistan Wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans' Views on Iraq/Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WAR ECONOMY]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=147590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poll: 1 in 3 vets sees Iraq, Afghan wars as wastes]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>AGENT ORANGE: Okinawa</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/24/agent-orange-okinawa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=agent-orange-okinawa</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/24/agent-orange-okinawa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agent Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agent orange victims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific Journal - Japan Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evidence for Agent Orange on Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information regarding Agent Orange exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon W. Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okinawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA and Agent Orange]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=140243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article focuses on who has not been asked about sea lane cargo shipping and unloading of the Rainbow colored toxic chemical agents on Guam and Okinawa to include the US Merchant Marines, civilian contracted US Navy cargo ships, and the smaller fleet of Army contracted cargo vessels.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>SEPTEMBER 11- Exploitation</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/06/september-11-exploitation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=september-11-exploitation</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/06/september-11-exploitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 and FEAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 Bush Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 in Commercial and Non-Commercial Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 in Political Ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11 truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Propaganda.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[propaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remember 9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 11th]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 11th EXPLOITATION]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Psychology of 9/11]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=137699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 10th Anniversary of September 11th fast approaching. I, for one, am getting tired of (or is it immune to) how every politician regardless of ideology, most every lame stream media outlet, and especially the Pentagon has exploited 9/11 for political, ideological, psychological, and propaganda motivations and effect.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>U.S. ECONOMY: Justifications for Cutting Defense Spending Keep Adding Up</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/03/u-s-economy-justifications-for-cutting-defense-spending-keep-adding-up/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=u-s-economy-justifications-for-cutting-defense-spending-keep-adding-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/03/u-s-economy-justifications-for-cutting-defense-spending-keep-adding-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$60 billion U.S. tax dollars lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan and Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cut Defense Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D-Mo.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFENSE SPENDING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earmarks for Defense Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget Deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Commission on Wartime Contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Jim Webb D-Va.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator. Claire McCaskill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste and Fraud in War Spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=136914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This story from AP Reporter Richard Lardner is a follow-up to two earlier stories I posted dealing with the need for cuts to the Defense Budget.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Clash of Cultures: Veterans and Non-Veterans</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/31/a-clash-of-cultures-veterans-and-non-veterans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-clash-of-cultures-veterans-and-non-veterans</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/31/a-clash-of-cultures-veterans-and-non-veterans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Clash of Cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Clash of Cultures: Veterans and Non-Veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academic Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEVHE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civilian Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Educators for Veterans Higher Education (CEVHE)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Douglas Herrmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Douglas Raybeck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving College Education of Veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans and Non-Veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans in the Classroom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=136282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Research into the views that there is a cultural clash between Veterans and Non-Veterans on college campuses.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>PEACE ACTIVISM: Movement To Stop Soldier Suicides Gains Momentum</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/27/peace-activism-movement-to-stop-soldier-suicides-gains-momentum/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=peace-activism-movement-to-stop-soldier-suicides-gains-momentum</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/27/peace-activism-movement-to-stop-soldier-suicides-gains-momentum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Families in the Peace Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace activist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace is Patriotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEACE MONGERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace rallies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peaceful protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRO-PEACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-Peace Veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Take a Stand for PEACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uniting for Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans of Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vets for peace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=135045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historic speak out at Ft. Lewis brings together active-duty soldiers, veterans and military families]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Cult of the Uniform</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/25/the-cult-of-the-uniform/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-cult-of-the-uniform</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/25/the-cult-of-the-uniform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editors Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America’s Sentimental Regard for the Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Empty Regard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bring it on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead or alive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devaluing Heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Either you’re with us or you’re against us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fight Them Over There So We Don't Have to Fight Them Here]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God May Have Mercy On Them WE WILL NOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica D. Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lip Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manufactured Heroism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission accomplished]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission; Our Young Men and Women in Uniform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Brave Young Men and Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Finest Young People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pat tillman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patronizing Our Troops and Military Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cult of the Uniform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warriors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Deresiewicz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=134023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was wrong to demonize our service members in Vietnam; to canonize them now is wrong as well. Both distortions make us forget that they are human beings.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Doomsday Defense Budget?</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/23/doomsday-defense-budget/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=doomsday-defense-budget</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/23/doomsday-defense-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFENSE SPENDING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOOMSDAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOOMSDAY DEFENSE BUDGET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earmarks for Defense Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Make Defense Cuts NOT Social Program Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NO PEACE DIVIDEND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raytheon Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reps. Jeb Hensarling- R-Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Pat Toomey-R-Pa.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Patty Murray-D-Wash.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Rob Portman- R-Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sens. Patty Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Verses Defense Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US defense contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xavier Becerra- D-Calif.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=132328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is remarkable how politicians with close ties to the Defense Industry love to demonize and label any significant cuts to our defense budget with terms like DOOMSD﻿AY.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Defense Spending Will and Should be Cut but How Much?</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/18/defense-spending-will-and-should-be-cut-but-how-much/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=defense-spending-will-and-should-be-cut-but-how-much</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/18/defense-spending-will-and-should-be-cut-but-how-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFENSE SPENDING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earmarks for Defense Spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Make Defense Cuts NOT Social Program Cuts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=131568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As gridlock and debate recently raged over debt ceilings and how and where to cut the federal budget a band-aide was applied that raised the U.S. debt ceiling for now.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Devaluing Heroism &#8211; Do All of US Need to Be a Hero?</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/05/devaluing-heroism-do-all-of-us-need-to-be-a-hero/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=devaluing-heroism-do-all-of-us-need-to-be-a-hero</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/05/devaluing-heroism-do-all-of-us-need-to-be-a-hero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hero]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[military veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too many heroes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War heroes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=126678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been quite a while since I've posted anything on Veterans Today, the main reason being that I plain ran out of anything to say negative, positive, debating, challenging, or agreeing. Simply put, I had a brain fart.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iraq Veteran Comes Home to Warm Welcome Then Apathy!</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/05/10/iraq-veteran-comes-home-to-warm-welcome-then-apathy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iraq-veteran-comes-home-to-warm-welcome-then-apathy</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/05/10/iraq-veteran-comes-home-to-warm-welcome-then-apathy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APATHY • vlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cavalry Scout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disabled Veteran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq veteran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've done a series of stories here at Veterans Today (VT) dealing with the shocking scandals that tend to plague the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system]]></description>
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		<title>REVISED: News from Veterans and Military Families in the Peace Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/05/01/news-from-veterans-and-military-families-in-the-peace-movement/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=news-from-veterans-and-military-families-in-the-peace-movement</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 15:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=99580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that both the Bush and Obama Administration have made it easier for Americans to go to war,  since most U.S. citizens have never been asked by either administration or any political party to share in the sacrifice of our troops and military families, both the conservatives and so called liberals have been able to neutralize the anti-war movement (defined as pure pacifists) into being as much of a nuisance as a mosquito on an elephant.]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent Agent Orange Action Alert &#8211; DEADLINE IS TODAY!</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/30/urgent-agent-orange-action-alert-deadline-is-today/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=urgent-agent-orange-action-alert-deadline-is-today</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/30/urgent-agent-orange-action-alert-deadline-is-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agent Orange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AGENT ORANGE ACTION ALERT]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=99320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[URGENT AGENT ORANGE ACTION ALERT &#8211; DEADLINE IS TODAY! My apologies to Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), but we at Veterans Today received a request from VVA Director of Communications, Mokie Porter  to help spread the word on this Agent Orange related project idea. I screwed up thinking that I posted this yesterday as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Dayton VA Medical Center Scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/25/update-dayton-va-medical-center-scandal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-dayton-va-medical-center-scandal</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/25/update-dayton-va-medical-center-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Sutherly Dayton Daily News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressman Mike Turner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Shinseki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Portman]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=98145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since that update, instead of the scandal simply going away, we have witnessed (1) the scheduling of a U.S. Senate hearing next week on Tuesday 26 April, and (2) reports in Dayton Daily News and local TV station news that both patient and VA employee satisfaction with the Dayton VA Medical Center falls below that of other Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.]]></description>
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		<title>I Fixed the Federal Budget and You Can Too!</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/20/i-fixed-the-federal-budget-and-you-can-too/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=i-fixed-the-federal-budget-and-you-can-too</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/20/i-fixed-the-federal-budget-and-you-can-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balance the Federal Budget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=95485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Congress and the President have finished playing Let's Make a Deal on the annual gridlock over the federal budget, readers may think this debate is over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mrs. Obama and Biden, Military Families Don&#8217;t Need Another Propaganda Program.</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/16/mrs-obama-and-biden-military-families-dont-need-another-propaganda-program/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mrs-obama-and-biden-military-families-dont-need-another-propaganda-program</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/16/mrs-obama-and-biden-military-families-dont-need-another-propaganda-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheer on the Troops to do MORE DEPLOYMENTS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Remind the Public Our Military is STILL at War]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=96329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 12 April, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden kicked off a new initiative called “Joining Forces,” which encourages every department of the government as well as companies, schools, philanthropic organizations, religious groups and local communities to recognize the burden placed on military families by the ongoing military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Politicians Refuse to let the VA scandal go away!</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/09/ohio-politicians-refuse-to-let-the-va-scandal-go-away/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ohio-politicians-refuse-to-let-the-va-scandal-go-away</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/09/ohio-politicians-refuse-to-let-the-va-scandal-go-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Sutherly Dayton Daily News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressman Mike Turner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Shinseki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Portman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Ron Portman]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=94365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking that maybe politicians in Ohio would eventually back off on the Dayton VAMC Dental Clinic scandal under pressure from mainstream Veterans Service Organizations defensive of the VA system, I placed the last update on this story in the comments section of Ohio Congressman calls for a Congressional Investigation into the VA System. WRONG &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Congressman calls for a Congressional Investigation into the VA System.</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/06/ohio-congressman-calls-for-a-congressional-investigation-into-the-va-system/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ohio-congressman-calls-for-a-congressional-investigation-into-the-va-system</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/04/06/ohio-congressman-calls-for-a-congressional-investigation-into-the-va-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald R. Lanthorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=92621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Mike Turner (R.OH) plans on pushing for a Congressional Investigation into the Dayton VAMC calling the VA investigation and actions by VA leadership a cover-up. Though we do not totally doubt the views of Congressman Turner, Veterans Today does question his sincerity and partisan political motivation. However, we also question the partisan motivation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damage Control at the Dayton VAMC Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/16/damage-control-at-the-dayton-vamc-continues/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=damage-control-at-the-dayton-vamc-continues</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/16/damage-control-at-the-dayton-vamc-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert L. Hanafin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dayton VAMC Director William D. Montague]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Shinseki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Richardson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veteranstoday.com/?p=87355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congressional Representatives in Congress continue to raise questions about how the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has mishandled the Dental Scandal at the Dayton VAMC in Ohio, one Veterans Service Organization has downplayed the incident in defense of the VA.]]></description>
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