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		<title>An American Hero meets their Idol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran Tickets Foundation to lead local singing contest by Shelle Michaels, Staff Writer Are you a budding country singer with just the right &#8220;twang&#8221; in your voice?&#160; Do you know every Toby Keith song and want a chance to meet him?&#160; Are you currently Active Duty or a Veteran of the U.S. Military? &#160;If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tribute to 1LT Roslyn Schulte &#8211; KIA May 20, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 19:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, the nation lost another hero. 1LT Roslyn Schulte was Killed in Action on May 20, 2009. Soldiers&#8217; Angels (www.SoldiersAngels.org) has a support team called the Ladies of Liberty (www.SoldiersAngelsLadiesofLiberty.com) and it has been our honor to support Ros during her deployment in Afghanistan.&#160; As the Director for this team, it was hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rear Admiral [Ret.] James J. Carey requests bodies in seats at the National Defense Committee Senate Testimony this Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends &#38; Colleagues: This message is to confirm that National Defense Committee&#8217;s Executive Director, Bob Carey Jr., will be testifying before the U. S. Senate this coming Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Room 301 of the Russell Senate Office Building.&#160; The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on &#34;Problems for Military and Overseas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guardswomen Return from NYC Mother’s Day Event for Soldier Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 20:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Shelle Michaels, Staff Writer &#160;left: Shelle Michaels of Grand Forks, N.D., writes a letter to a deployed service member at Military Island in Times Square, New York. Michaels is the national communication director for Soldiers&#8217; Angels and founded Ladies of Liberty as part of that group. Both are nonprofit groups that support deployed service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Pens- Handcarved by War Veterans</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/06/20/freedom-pens-handcarved-by-war-veterans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=freedom-pens-handcarved-by-war-veterans</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Support the Troops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Handmade Pens for the Deployed &#8211; Freedom Pens Partners with Soldiers&#8217; Angels&#160; Soldiers&#8217; Angels proudly announces its partnership with the Freedom Pens project to send beautiful handmade wooden or Corian plastic pens to military personnel in remote locations in Iraq and Afghanistan, including 100 pens to the sailors of the currently-deployed U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.&#160; Led [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Cakes provided by Soldiers&#039; Angels and Bake Me a Wish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOLDIERS&#8217; ANGELS AND BAKE ME A WISH! SEND FREEDOM CAKES TO OUR MILITARY HEROES WITH EVERY CAKE PURCHASED ON BAKEMEAWISH.COM Organizations Partner to Send Freedom Cakes to Our Troops, Wherever They Are With thousands of U.S. troops deployed overseas, the Soldiers&#8217; Angels and BakeMeAWish.com, are offering a unique opportunity for consumers to send a message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Spirit of Freedom- 82nd Annual 4th of July Celebration in Pasadena</title>
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		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/06/20/american-spirit-of-freedom-82nd-annual-4th-of-july-celebration-in-pasadena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans celebrate the day our fledgling country declared its independence in 1776 with fireworks, family gatherings, plenty of food and good fun. At the Rose Bowl in Pasadena they have been doing it consistently since 1926. This year Drum Corps International (DCI) Marching Music&#8217;s Major Leagues TM, presents five of the country&#8217;s best Drum and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Veterans Organization Emerges</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/22/student-veterans-organization-emerges/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=student-veterans-organization-emerges</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/22/student-veterans-organization-emerges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veteran Service Organizations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[STUDENT VETERANS ESTABLISH NATIONAL COALITION Student veterans from across the country will converge in Washington DC, June 11-13 to&#160; continue to work to to enhance coordination between student veterans groups on college and university campuses nationwide.&#160; The Student Veterans of America (SVA)&#160;addresses issues facing student veterans, including education benefits and resource development on college campuses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Freedom Fighters- Soldiers&#039; Angels Ladies of Liberty</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/21/female-freedom-fighters-soldiers-angels-ladies-of-liberty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=female-freedom-fighters-soldiers-angels-ladies-of-liberty</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/21/female-freedom-fighters-soldiers-angels-ladies-of-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 08:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers&#8217; Angels has found a new niche in assisting our deployed service members with a team called Ladies of Liberty. This team focuses on the needs of deployed female service members. Our organization understands that females are instrumental in the current war (as in the past), and make special efforts to support them in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers&#039; Angels Founder Wins America&#039;s Favorite Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOLDIERS&#8217; ANGELS FOUNDER WINS! Patti Patton-Bader Named &#34;America&#8217;s Favorite Mom&#34; America&#8217;s Favorite Mom Has Big Plans Soldiers&#8217; Angels founder Patti Patton-Bader was named &#34;America&#8217;s Favorite Mom&#34; in a primetime television show Sunday night on NBC. Sponsored by Teleflora and hosted by Donnie and Marie Osmond, the show highlighted fifteen outstanding mothers who had distinguished themselves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Service Members on Emergency Leave Need TLC</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/09/service-members-on-emergency-leave-need-tlc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=service-members-on-emergency-leave-need-tlc</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/09/service-members-on-emergency-leave-need-tlc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Support the Troops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when a service member is called from a deployment to return to the United States due to a family or medical emergency? Often that service member does not have time to go back to the base camp to pack for the trip home; they are immediately put on a transport aircraft and sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blankets of Belief; Cover our Heroes with Blankets of Support</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/08/blankets-of-belief-cover-our-heroes-with-blankets-of-support/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=blankets-of-belief-cover-our-heroes-with-blankets-of-support</link>
		<comments>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2008/05/08/blankets-of-belief-cover-our-heroes-with-blankets-of-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[180,000 BLANKETS FOR THE TROOPS Soldiers&#8217; Angels Announces Holiday Blanket Drive&#160; Non-profit Soldiers&#8217; Angels announces the Blankets of Belief project, designed to tell each American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine and Coast Guardsman deployed around the world during the 2008-2009 Holiday Season, &#8220;We Believe in You!&#8221; This winter, an estimated 180,000 U.S. military personnel will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldier Killed by Cop or is it Suicide by Cop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, a nightmare was unleashed as a young man was shot and killed on an American interstate&#160;after a chase and standoff with authorities.&#160;This man,&#160;a national guard soldier, died at the scene. Upon first thought, one would assume there were drugs, felonies,&#160;or alcohol involved. In which there may have been but that is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers&#039; Angels Provides &quot;Vet Packs&quot; for  Hospitalized</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2007/06/01/soldiers-angels-provides-quot-vet-packs-quot-for-hospitalized/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=soldiers-angels-provides-quot-vet-packs-quot-for-hospitalized</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veterans Group Helps Out VA Hospitals &#160; Soldiers&#39; Angels Provides &#34;Vet Packs&#34; for&#160; Hospitalized &#160; by Shelle Michaels, staff writer &#160; The Department of Veterans Affairs&#39; (VA) acknowledges that of the 25 million veterans currently alive, nearly three of every four served during a war or an official period of hostility. About a quarter of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers Stepping Back into the Life that No Longer Exists</title>
		<link>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2007/05/28/soldiers-stepping-back-into-the-life-that-no-longer-exists/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=soldiers-stepping-back-into-the-life-that-no-longer-exists</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 01:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jobs & Careers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reintegration Issues Faced By Citizen Army Pose&#160;Major Challenges Returning Soldiers Have&#160;Difficulties Returning Home. by Shelle Michaels,Soldiers Angels The United States has gone from a large career military force to a larger citizen army force, this in itself&#160;poses new challenges for reintegration.&#160;The military has learned in the past that this time frame is crucial as many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers Angels and Singer-Songwriter Shawn Hlookoff Make an Impact on Soldiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelle Michaels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribute to Soldiers DVD available FREE to educators for use&#160;on Memorial Day Pasadena, CA&#8211;Soldiers&#39; Angels and Singer-Songwriter, Shawn Hlookoff&#160; have produced a moving music video and song &#34;Soldier&#34; dedicated to honoring the men and women of our Armed Forces in a respectful manner. The artist and Soldiers&#39; Angels are donating this DVD and song for [...]]]></description>
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