Says he’s dedicated to Medicare and veterans.

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Obama Ads Target Seniors, Soldiers

Two veteran politicians contest elections in the Dominican Republic after a presidential campaign dominated by concerns over rising food and fuel costs.

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Dominican vote likely to be close

The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

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Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

President Obama has wound down America’s war in Iraq , ordered the operation that killed Osama bin Laden and set in motion the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan . He also has focused particular attention on veterans and military families, increasing funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs , implementing the post-Sept. 11 G.I. Bill and launching job programs for returning troops. Read full article > >

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In military-rich battlegrounds, Obama targets new group: veterans

World War II veterans who served on Arctic convoys should be given a dedicated campaign medal, Scottish government minister Keith Brown says.

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Minister calls for Arctic medal

On the day of their wedding, Brad Oscar and Diego Prieto shared a spotlight at Arena Stage , just as they’d done almost seven years before. Prieto was 30 in the fall of 2005 and had come out as a gay man to friends and family just the year before. Oscar was a decade older, a veteran Broadway actor still nursing the wounds of a breakup. Read full article > >

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On Love: ‘I know you told me not to, but I think I fell in love with you’

The Department of Veterans Affairs may need to hire more mental health workers on top of the 1,900 new positions announced last month, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a House panel Tuesday. Skinseki made the comments at a hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held in response to the release of a report from the VA’s inspector general that found the department has greatly overstated how quickly it provides mental-health care for veterans. Read full article > >

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Shinseki: VA may need more mental health workers

The veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder

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Falklands War: Life with PTSD

Lt. Richard Nappi, a 17-year-veteran, began feeling dizzy and went into cardiac arrest, becoming the first city firefighter to die in the line of duty since August 2009.

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City Room: Fire Lieutenant Dies Fighting Brooklyn Warehouse Blaze

David Wood, a veteran war correspondent, always wondered about the men he saw being medevaced off the battlefield with grievous injuries. When Wood, 66, joined the online Huffington Post last year, he got his chance to find out what became of them. Read full article > >

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Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, arts and letters announced; two D.C. area winners

Military veterans’ disability claims are buried under so much paperwork that the average wait for processing and a decision in the Bay Area is now 313 days.

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Veteran journalist Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on US news programme 60 Minutes over four decades, dies aged 93.

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Veteran interviewer Wallace dies

A woman is charged with the murder of a 92-year-old war veteran, as police appeal for helping in finding bloodstained clothing.

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Woman charged with veteran murder

The Army is reprimanding a reservist who appeared onstage in uniform at Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) January caucus-night rally in Iowa . The soldier, 28-year-old Spc. Jesse Thorsen, is a 10-year veteran who has served two tours in Afghanistan. Read full article > >

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Army reprimands reservist who appeared onstage at Ron Paul Iowa rally

Veteran Ulster Unonist Lord Kilclooney delivers a devastating verdict on the party, saying it has “failed to show what it stands for”.

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UUP failed ‘to give leadership’