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10 years after the Iraq warnew
Too many funerals, too many families destroyed, too few happy homecomings.
Not Too Poor for the Warsnew
"There is a tsunami coming to the United States," says Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., consisting of the trillions of dollars of debt and veterans' health care obligations for wars we cannot win and a military machine we cannot afford.
Tags: U.S. War Debt
Iraqi Journalist Ahmed Fadaam Talks American Occupation and Sectarian Violencenew
"We're going to have an anti-American generation being built, and prepared, to hate all the Americans. The Iraqis right now know that all Americans are the people wearing uniforms, helmets and sunglasses, and carrying fatal weapons. They don't know that there are people who are family people just like them, people who are trying to live their days, raise their kids and go to their jobs."
Mission Not Accomplishednew
On Sunday night, the 4,000th person died for a mistake.
Donna Shalala: Veterans Benefits System is Brokennew
The former secretary of the U.S. Department Health and Human Services says veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars won't get proper health care until the U.S. government updates and simplifies the bureaucracy strangling benefits and outpatient care.
Students for a Democratic Society Forge Their Own Pathnew
By taking the name SDS, the new generation of activists have refreshingly reinvigorated the radical spirit of their '60s counterparts. Yet, the SDS and its 240 chapters are also inheriting their predecessors' baggage: the ultimate failure to meet their goals.
Tags: sds, war & peace
Uncle Sam Wants YOU for the U.S. Army (Really Badly)new
As the Iraq War enters its sixth year, the U.S. Army has steadily lowered its recruiting standards to fill its ranks.
'The VA is Waiting for Us to Die'new
Vietnam veteran David Best battles a system stacked against him.
Tags: war & peace
AWOL Over Atrocitiesnew
Sgt. Ricky Clousing tried to report abuses but was rebuffed.
Photos Are Souvenirs of Torture in Vietnamnew
A former UPI correspondent in Vietnam comes across some pictures taken by a young—and naive—Sean Flynn, son of Errol Flynn, showing typical torture of Viet Cong prisoners in Vietnam.
