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Jon Stewart rips Oliver North: Are you mad that prisoner-trading has ‘gone mainstream’? 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1811

Last of Navajo World War II ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico 2 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1542

California voters support plan to spend $600 million for homeless veterans 1 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 4 1525

Study links Iraq veterans’ respiratory problems to metallic dust from ‘burn pits’ at U.S. base 0 unhappycamper Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1799

Tinnitus 18 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Jun 2014 13 4321

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1499

VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA? 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 1849

Former Air Force toilet-unplugger wraps self in flag, clutches guns, tells you to ‘Google’ history 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 6 1669

Congress puts Veterans in eight different priority groups to receive V.A. health care. 8 pwb May 2014 May 2014 1 2722

IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets 1 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1546

Veterans Lash Out At GOP Senator’s Attempt To Politicize VA Scandal 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 3 1574

A MESSAGE TO VETERANS FROM THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1597

VoteVets Chair Jon Soltz: Critics Demanding Shinseki Resignation Are ‘Hypocrites’ 4 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 4 1861

The Real Veterans Scandal: 258,000 Have No Healthcare Thanks to GOP Governors 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 4 1963

De Blasio, at Memorial Day Events, Pays Tribute to Veterans 0 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 0 1492

Veterans Groups Lash Out at Republican Senator 3 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 6 1910

Dozens Of Hearings Later, Lawmakers Pressed On Where They've Been On VA Dysfunction 1 white cloud May 2014 May 2014 2 1537

Take Care Of Your Veterans 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1432

The War on America's Military Veterans, Waged with SWAT Teams, Surveillance and Neglect 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1597

Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 2 1527

What Do You Think About Secretary Eric K. Shinseki? (Poll) 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 2706

Memorial Day: Despair and Resilience 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1436

My Ongoing VA Journey 19 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 11 4769

Notes From The Boonies 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1678

LAPD sued for $20M in live-on-TV shooting 4 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1889

Fraggin' 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 5 1591

Remember the Children 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 3 1524

Eric Shinseki, "mad as hell" over VA scandal, is grilled by senators 2 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1828

Report on VA due within 3 weeks, Shinseki says 0 unhappycamper May 2014 May 2014 1 1460

New Names Etched on Vietnam Wall 2 jakeXT May 2014 May 2014 2 2158

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Have any of you Vietnam era guys been back to Vietnam since the war? 5 Victor_c3 Apr 2014 May 2014 0 1831

question about the VN war and its veterans 45 steve2470 Mar 2014 May 2014 0 7765

For some vets, the war will never end 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1755

Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1577

Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1551

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1563

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides: admiral 1 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1616

SC man hit with $525 federal fine for failing to pay for 89-cent drink refill at VA hospital 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 2175

An Int’l Trail of Death and Heartbreak: How the Bush Wars came home with the Vets 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1505

Veterans and White Supremacy 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1784

Military sexual assault victims face agonizing choice 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1494

Military caregivers getting assistance as awareness of their struggle grows 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1446

The Gazette and reporter Dave Philipps win Pulitzer Prize 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1560

Soldiers stuck in backlogged disability system can't go forward, can't go back 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1653

LaRue: Afghan vet loses a leg, finds his purpose 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1452

Battle over Tomball veteran's home could be headed to a jury trial 2 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1693

Large numbers of vets with PTSD live near military bases 1 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1449

Retiring the A-10 Early Puts Troops' Lives at Risk 6 douglas9 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 1842

Veterans Affairs grilled by House over avoidable deaths 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1450

Gary Sinise is coming to my community to support a local disabled vet 10 pinboy3niner Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2814

MI men arrested for viciously beating Army veteran they considered a ‘n*gger lover’ 9 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 2486

Veterans push to smoke pot to ease PTSD, other ailments 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 5 1461

Vietnam POW Jeremiah Denton Jr. dies in Va. Beach 4 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Apr 2014 9 10707

CIR: VA paid out $200 million in wrongful death settlements since 2001 6 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1995

Gov. Scott Walker's actions are a disservice to veterans 0 white cloud Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1592

Mental health experts dispute linking PTSD to violence after Fort Hood shooting 2 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 1578

Poll: Most recent vets battle physical, mental issues 0 unhappycamper Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 1497

'Out of Options': Veterans With PTSD Hit Pot Underground 5 jakeXT Apr 2014 Apr 2014 8 9439

After the Wars: A Legacy of Pain and Pride 1 n2doc Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2076

Flags on National Mall represent veteran suicides 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 9 1991

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Remembered: the heroes of "The Great Escape" 1 theHandpuppet Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1652

Colleges struggle with turning veterans into graduates 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1708

Mandatory mail order begins for Tricare seniors 3 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1927

New York City inmate, a retired Marine, 'baked to death' in cell 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1609

Veterans charity charged with deceiving the public 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 1560

What’s in Veterans Affairs’ $164 Billion Budget? 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1609

Mentally ill homeless vet ‘essentially baked to death’ in New York City jail cell 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1806

Medals of Honor Go to 24 Army Veterans Who Had Been Denied 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1454

Obama's day: Medal of Honor 1 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1562

Veterans call for end to asbestos lawsuit bill 0 white cloud Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1460

Multiple employees at Milwaukee's VA Center under investigation 1 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1858

Federal Investigative Agency Allegedly Snubbed Audio Tape of Scheme to Destroy VA's Healthcare Recor 2 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 7 1998

‘We have to learn how to come home,’ says veteran at conference 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1544

From War In The Desert To 'Murder Ball On Ice' 0 jakeXT Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1545

My recent VA experience 20 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 34 3528

(WA) Lakewood nonprofit a one-stop shop for those leaving military (xpost from NSD) 0 unhappycamper Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1544

Vietnam veterans sue U.S. military for discharge upgrades over PTSD 2 douglas9 Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 1816

#Helpvets a good video about Veteran Bill block 0 white cloud Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2108

Dozens of veterans’ priorities rolled into one bill 5 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 5 1865

Olympia man suing Veterans Administration after he contracted MRSA 0 unhappycamper Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1556

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