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		<title>VA, Congress Need to Grant New Agent Orange Claims Without Delay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; The American Legion is calling upon Congress and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to move quickly in granting benefit claims for three diseases recently declared to have presumptive connections with exposure to Agent Orange defoliant. For several months, The American Legion has been pressing VA to publish its final regulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outback Steakhouse Presents $1 Million Donation in Support of the U.S. Troops Through Operation Homefront</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful Thanks For Giving Program Generates Groundswell Support for U.S. Troops TAMPA, Fla., June 26 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Outback Steakhouse concluded its Thanks for Giving program today with a presentation of a $1 million donation to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization providing everyday and emergency support for active troops, veterans and their families.  The check was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survivors of Japan&#8217;s WWII POW Camps Call on Japan for the Same Treatment as Siberian Internees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask Moral Responsibility of Japan CARLSBAD, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; World War II former prisoners of war of Japan are calling on Japanese government and industry to provide the same commitment to the memory of their suffering and forced labor. The call comes after Japan&#8217;s parliament approved on June 16th $200M to benefit Japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Wounded Warrior&#8217; Priest to Speak at Vietnam Memorial Ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, May 30 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Father Rick Curry, the founder of the Writers Program for Wounded Warriors, will deliver remarks at the traditional Memorial Day ceremony held at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Front and Spruce streets. The noon ceremony on Monday, May 31, will also feature &#8220;echo taps&#8221; by two Philadelphia Police buglers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Medical Association:  Senate Turns Its Back on Seniors and Military Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators Leave for Vacation, Allowing Medicare Meltdown to Begin June 1 WASHINGTON, May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; The following statement is attributable to J. James Rohack, M.D., President, American Medical Association: &#8220;The Senate has turned its back on seniors, and America&#8217;s physicians are outraged that Congress has deserted patients by failing to address this year&#8217;s Medicare cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auditor General Jack: Enforce Veterans Preference!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Says returning military veterans among those hit hardest by unemployment HARRISBURG, Pa., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; With more veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan and the state&#8217;s unemployment rate still stubbornly high this Memorial Day, Auditor General Jack Wagner renewed his call for the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission to increase enforcement of veterans&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American Legion and Military Channel Launch &#8216;American Heroes&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 02:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;American Heroes&#8217; Vignettes Premiere During Military Channel&#8217;s Live Coverage of the National Memorial Day Parade on May 31st INDIANAPOLIS and SILVER SPRING, Md., May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8211; The American Legion and Military Channel have teamed up to honor troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, including three soldiers who never made it back home. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The American Legion to Congress: Don&#8217;t Repeal &#8216;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.diversenews.com/2010/05/19/the-american-legion-to-congress-dont-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 02:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation&#8217;s largest wartime veterans organization stated his group&#8217;s opposition to repealing the military&#8217;s &#8216;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8217; (DADT) policy. &#8220;We feel strongly that the current policy has served the U.S. military well for 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chaka Fattah Salutes Veterans in Warrior Transition Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), joined by Wounded Warrior veterans including a member of his own staff, today keynoted the national launch of the innovative AMVETS Warrior Transition Workshops. The workshops were developed by combat veterans for combat veterans to assist in their transition from military to civilian life. The program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Legion Says Vets&#8217; Job Preference &#8216;Ignored by Numerous Agencies&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; Testifying before a House subcommittee today, The American Legion said that veterans&#8217; preference in the federal job market &#8220;is being unlawfully ignored by numerous agencies.&#8221; &#8220;The reality is that employment opportunities are not being properly publicized,&#8221; said Joe Sharpe, the Legion&#8217;s economic division director, in his written testimony. &#8220;Federal agencies, [...]]]></description>
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