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A report to be issued Thursday will reveal suicides among U.S. soldiers have risen to their highest levels since the Army started keeping track 28 years ago. |
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President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the VA, ret. Gen. Eric Shinseki, told the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Wednesday that he intends to modernize the nation's second largest agency. The nominee additionally promised to bring health care coverage to the numerous middle-income veterans who did not qualify under the Bush administration.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen has said that plans for a quick withdrawal from Iraq are being considered, in anticipation of President-elect Barack Obama's pledged meeting with the Joint Chiefs on his first day in office. |
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In a televised farewell speech to the nation last night, President George W. Bush made much splendor around his administration's success in abating external assaults since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
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President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to close the notorious U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay as soon as possible. But he also has made it clear that it could take months, or as much as a year. |
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Over the past year, so many veterans have chosen to end their own life that the VA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas started a suicide prevention program. "You have to keep your head held high, put your pride aside and seek help." |
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Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki pledged to move quickly to fix gaps in health care if confirmed as Veterans Affairs secretary, saying he will reopen benefits to hundreds of thousands of middle-income veterans denied during the Bush administration. |
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Demand for veterans services is rising at the same time there is weak financial support for programs for former service members, officials say. With more than 1.8 million Americans reported to have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, demand for veterans' services has risen to levels not seen since after World War II. |
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by veterans groups to force the Veterans Affairs Department to speed up handling of its disability claims, saying it was not the courtââ‚À |
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Army 2nd Lieutenant Ryan Kules lost an arm and a leg in Iraq when his vehicle drove over a roadside bomb. The other two soldiers traveling with Kules were killed in the incident. He decided that he would never give up his fight to recover and started running the Warriors to Work program to help others. |
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Traumatic brain injuries, one of the signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, can be linked to such long-term problems as seizures, aggression and dementia reminiscent of Alzheimer's disease, according to an Institute of Medicine report released today. |
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At Walter Reed Army Medical Center injured service men and women are treated with prosthetic limb technology allowing them to recover faster and take part in more physical activity than ever before. |
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Erik Shinseki is about to set up shop in the same White House, which under U.S. President George Bush, disregarded his warnings about Iraq troop levels. |
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(Michigan Daily)
In the spirit of holiday giving, a recent gift from the University of Michigan has provided much more than a box and a bow to some needy Michigan veterans. |
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Lawyers for five military contractors facing charges for a deadly shootout in Baghdad said Saturday they expect their clients to be cleared. The men, all employees of Blackwater Worldwide, were indicted this week by a federal grand jury. They were involved in killing 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square in September 2007. |
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A group of retired military officers opposed to harsh interrogation techniques sanctioned by the Bush administration met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team yesterday to press the incoming administration to establish a single, internationally accepted standard for the treatment of detainees by all U.S. government agencies. |
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A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit against contractor KBR and its former parent company, Halliburton, saying the companies exposed everyone at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to unsafe water, food and hazardous fumes from the burn pit there. |
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Army Sgt. Brian Pearce suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury while serving in Iraq. He explains his battle with TBI and how doctors are working to treat the disease. |
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A hot meal and some medical care will be available in Omaha soon for homeless veterans. |
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The U.S. Army, as part of its suicide prevention program, is using an interactive video to encourage soldiers to seek help to cope with war-related stress. |
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An interactive look at the defense challenges that President-elect Barack Obama will face after Inauguration Day. |
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An injection of cortisol shortly after exposure to a traumatic event may prevent the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers in Israel said. |
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Six months into a seven-month deployment, U.S. Marine Michael Jernigan was struck by a roadside bomb, or IED, while on a mounted patrol in conjunction with the Iraqi police. His life would never be the same. |
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FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. The number of soldiers seeking help for substance abuse has climbed 25 percent in the past five years, but the Army counseling program has remained significantly understaffed and struggling to meet the demand, Army records show. |
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Gulf War syndrome is real and afflicts about 25 percent of the 700,000 U.S. troops who served in the 1991 conflict, a U.S. report said Monday. |
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirmed Monday that the new U.S. agreement with Iraq calls for all U.S. troops to be completely out of Iraq by the end of 2011 and that he is comfortable with the deal. |
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Injured U.S. veterans of the Iraq War are being particularly hard-hit by the country's economic and home foreclosure crises, experts say. |
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The U.S. military says it's trying to locate upward of 2,300 veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure they're getting benefits due them. |
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President-elect Barack Obama will face a complex challenge in ending the War in Iraq without leaving behind chaos, all while military troops and their families seek a return to stability. |
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A program that streamlines the disability claims process will be expanding to 16 new bases, from Georgia to Alaska, by June, 2009. |
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Congressional leaders praised U.S. veterans for their service and pledged to take care of them after their tour of duty. |
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One of the biggest challenges the nascent Obama administration will face in the medium term is the fate of the ballooning numbers of U.S. combat veterans. |
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Many veterans who quietly fear the stigma of seeking treatment for mental health issues may soon have increased access to counseling services. |
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Veterans provide a lifeline to employment for returning soldiers through the Veterans Employment Program. |
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The detonation of a large roadside bomb near Baghdad on May 3, 2005, caused enough damage to Army Sgt. Robert Bartlett's body to cost him his life - and it did, if only temporarily. |
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Education and military groups advocate pre-K eligibility for children of military families. |
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With inflation over 5 percent, veterans are get a 5.8 percent cost of living adjustment while active-duty service members see a 3.9 percent pay increase. |
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Fact sheet reveals a record level of VA funding. |
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Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell salutes members of the 24th Infantry Regiment, the Buffalo Soldiers, as he delivers remarks during a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the integration of the U.S. armed services in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on July 23, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) | Slideshow
