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Read more: What if Leland folks weren’t thinking
It was called a “black gash of shame” and a “shrine to defeat” rather than a traditional, heroic tribute long before it was formally dedicated in November 1982. Today the Vietnam Veterans Memorial draws some 5 million visitors each year.…
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Well, that’s kind of embarrassing
Read more: Well, that’s kind of embarrassingRepresentative Chuck Edwards, a Waynesville, N.C., Republican whose re-election website boasts that his “Mountain Values Will Change D.C., is dropping his re-election bid after being censured by the U.S. House for sleazy behavior toward young, female members of his staff.…
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A Vile, Foul Trump Administration
Read more: A Vile, Foul Trump AdministrationThe pettiness of Trump and his enablers masks somewhat the unadulterated ethical criminality of these lies designed to destroy an innocent man’s life. Hell won’t be hot of depraved enough for the goons in this vile, sick administration. A former…
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Docks in Vietnam
Read more: U.S. Aircraft Carrier Docks in VietnamBy Damien Cave / The New York Times / For the fourth time since the end of the Vietnam War, a United States aircraft carrier made a port call in Vietnam on Thursday, promoting joint security ties at a time…
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VA Health Care Meltdown
Read more: VA Health Care MeltdownBy SUZANNE GORDON / The American Prospect / In Washington, D.C., scorching heat waves along the East Coast this summer have raised the temperature and humidity in a notoriously hot and muggy city, with the thermometer hitting 100 degrees or…
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DAV rips off Local Chapter
Read more: DAV rips off Local ChapterA Veterans Organization Has Millions in the Bank. Why Did It Seize a Small Chapter’s Donation? Sonner Kehrt, The War HorseJuly 9, 2026 The Disabled American Veterans post in Sacramento, California, needed work. The small white building with blue trim…
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Guardsman wins free-speech suit
Read more: Guardsman wins free-speech suitBy Mackenzie Thomas July 28, 2026, Carolina Public Press A dispute over First Amendment rights has resulted in the North Carolina National Guard settling a lawsuit with a veteran who claimed he was pressured to retire over his criticism of leadership.…
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Being a fledgling stoic helps
Read more: Being a fledgling stoic helpsIt’s a heck of a world after all. Just today — earlier in the afternoon — I had watched the last of the rain clouds bunch up in the eastern sky
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Welcome to Combat Vets USA
Read more: Welcome to Combat Vets USAAs you might have guessed, we are in the process of rebuilding our site on WordPress after deciding to abandon Drupal, another content modification system we have used for several years. But WordPress seems to be the future when it…
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- A Vile, Foul Trump Administration
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- VA Health Care Meltdown
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