VA Admits Vet Suicide Rates Are High
By SouthernBelle

(CBS) CBS News investigative producer Pia Malbran wrote this story for CBSNews.com.

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Last year, at about this time, officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claimed veterans were not at an increased risk for suicide but now, after facing a series of investigative stories by CBS News, a massive lawsuit and several Congressional hearings, the agency has changed its stance.

The VA announced new suicide figures ...

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Take a Veteran To School Day
By SouthernBelle

Donna Teresa: Take a Veteran to School Day

by Donna Teresa, Homefront Journal

I t's back-to-school time for many young people across America. We spend summers preparing our children to take with them all the essential supplies needed for class — backpacks, lunches, books, pencils, binders, etc. How could students function without the necessary tools for a productive school day?

But there is another essential resource ...

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Story, Not Covered: How the VA Abandons Our Vets
By SouthernBelle

How the VA Abandons Our Vets

Injured Veterans Fight for Healthcare in Major Lawsuit
By Joshua Kors

Sgt. Juan Jimenez had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq, ushering top Administration officials through the war-torn streets of Baghdad. He returned home with two Purple Hearts and shrapnel lodged in his right arm. Today he is gravely ill.

What Jimenez didn't realize is that before ...

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"To Love a Soldier" by NJ Bezanson
By MsGenuine

"To Love a Soldier"
By NJ Bezanson

To Love a Soldier
Is to endure excruciating loneliness;

To Love a Soldier
Is to embrace hair-pulling frustration;

To Love a Soldier
Is to joyfully celebrate solely with tears flowing;

To Love a Soldier
Is to develop mind-numbing patience;

To Love a Soldier
Is to love ...

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A salute to the children of the 3rd ID
By Ted Harris


Those amazing men and there flying machine thrilled thousands of children and there parents and grandparents who attended the air show at The Midcoast Regional Airport at Wright Army Air Field.

The air show was named 2008 salute the troops air show. But in reality it was a salute to the children, the little battle buddies who stayed behind for there service and sacrifice while there parents were deployed.
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