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Honors For WWII Veterans
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and the town of East Windsor will honor the World War II veterans living in East Windsor on Aug. 22. Call the first selectman's office at 860-623-8122 if you or a veteran that you know would like to be included in...Tags: Defense, East Windsor
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VA official's promotion questioned
Associated Press WriterFour federal lawmakers want a Veterans Affairs chief to explain the promotion of a regional official to a national patient-safety role, claiming a string of surgical deaths at an Illinois VA hospital make the appointee's track record "questionable."...Tags: John Shimkus, Barack Obama, People, Indiana, The Promotion
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New policy lowers flags only for Ky. soldiers
Associated Press WriterKentucky has started lowering flags to half-staff only for fallen soldiers from the Bluegrass State, upsetting veterans and lawmakers who say the policy dishonors tens of thousands of service members from other states stationed at installations such as...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Executive Branch
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Amputee athletes ready for Extremity Games
Associated Press WriterLoi Ho is doing push-ups and pull-ups and hanging from door frames by her fingertips to prepare her upper body for a rock climbing competition this week. Her lower body just needs some stretching and one adjustment. When she gets to the climbing gym...Tags: Sport Climbing, Athletics, Track and Field, People, Athletes, Colleges and Universities
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Veterans to celebrate Korean War cease-fire
Sentinel Staff WriterKorean War veterans will mark the 55th anniversary of the cease-fire ending the war with a program Sunday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2093 in Orlando. Members of the Mid-Florida Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 173, are hosts for the event....Tags: Society, Ceremonies, People, Florida, Defense
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VA Hospital No Place For Politics
Instead of planning an invasion of the Veterans Affairs hospital in West Haven to duplicate voter education services readily available in nearly every town in the state, the attorney general's office should be advocating for combat veterans' rights to...Tags: West Haven, Hospitals and Clinics, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Defense, Richard Blumenthal
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Wheaton homeless shelter for veterans to expand
Special to the Chicago TribuneDuPage County's only homeless shelter for veterans will triple in size after the Wheaton City Council this week approved the plan. The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans, which opened a five-person shelter in a small house last year, is planning a...Tags: Wheaton, People, Illinois, House, Defense
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Drake for veterans
In response to the letter "GOP lip service," July 6, which claimed that Congresswoman Thelma Drake's support for our armed forces and their heroic veterans is nothing more than lip service: To say that Drake has not supported our troops and veterans is an...Tags: Republican Party, Armed Forces, People, Defense, State Budgets
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McCain and Obama campaigns trade jabs
AP Political WriterSupporters of GOP presidential candidate John McCain derided Barack Obama's foreign policy experience, prompting backers of the likely Democratic nominee to bemoan what they said is the Republican's negative campaigning. Supporters of McCain on...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Armed Forces, Petroleum Industry, Elections
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DECISION 2008 IN-DEPTH
News2Earlier this month, when Sen. John McCain held a town hall meeting here and came face-to-face with three individuals -- a Vietnam veteran, a retired librarian, and a man dressed as a pea pod -- who all diverted attention from the candidate's positions...Tags: Mass Media, Polls, Democratic Party, People, George Allen
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