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Families cope with stress of military deployment
9:21 AM on 01/05/2010
A recent study published in the American Academy of Pediatrics puts in writing what Navy families have known for years -- deployments can create a lot of stress for kids...
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Virtual reality clinic helps returning soldiers with PTSD
10:43 AM on 12/30/2009
VIDEO - Afghan war veteran, Sgt. Sammy Washington, is going back to the war zone. To hear the sounds, see the sights and feel the explosions, in a virtual reality clinic at Andrews Air Force Base...
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Tuskegee Airmen to be honored with Rose Bowl float
12:02 PM on 12/29/2009
The Tuskegee Airmen are being honored for the new year. Not with speeches, medals or awards--but a float in a parade...
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Homeless couple ties the knot
8:35 AM on 12/21/2009
VIDEO - The bride and groom don't have a home. Let alone money to pay for a wedding...
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Female vets face homelessness
4:23 PM on 12/15/2009
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Sgt. Alta Jackson, 58, joined the Army nearly 30 years ago, and remains in the Reserves while she lives at the U.S Vets site. Before she deployed to Iraq in 2005, she said she lost her job as a custodian...
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Time well served for black seaman in Jim Crow era
11:04 AM on 11/11/2009
VIDEO - Elijah McKelvin, like many in his time, joined the United States military forces to fight in what was the deadliest conflict in human history...
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In honoring veterans, Obama contemplates future casualties
8:30 AM on 11/11/2009
OPINION - President Obama confronts not only the sobering force of Veterans Day, but also the challenges directly tied to a pending decision which may involve asking thousands...
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Leave the government out of religion
6:40 AM on 10/12/2009
OPINION - The first amendment should be the foundation for our growth as a religiously diverse nation. Just as we have been able to overcome much of our racial narrow-mindedness...
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Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A trip to Asia must wait as President Obama's sweeping $940 billion U.S. health care reform plan heads for a long-awaited vote this weekend...
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