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A 1963 Klan bombing killed her sister and blinded a Georgia woman. Now she wants restitution. Vietnam Veterans

A 1963 Klan bombing killed her sister and blinded a Georgia woman. Now she wants restitution.

The small, brown woman in a sequined black dress and suede high heels mounted the stairs to the megachurch’s curved stage, leaning on the arm of her husband. The silver cross around her neck glinted in the spotlight as Sarah Collins Rudolph took her seat in an armchair on a…
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March 7, 2020
Hillicon Valley: Harris presses Facebook over census misinformation | Austin cancels SXSW over coronavirus fears | Surveillance deal elusive as deadline nears | FTC sends warnings to Cardi B, other influencers Vietnam Veterans

Hillicon Valley: Harris presses Facebook over census misinformation | Austin cancels SXSW over coronavirus fears | Surveillance deal elusive as deadline nears | FTC sends warnings to Cardi B, other influencers

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March 7, 2020
Warren leads Senate Democrats call on VA to protect veterans from misinformation Vietnam Veterans

Warren leads Senate Democrats call on VA to protect veterans from misinformation

A group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenPressley experiencing flu-like symptoms, being tested for COVID-19 How the business loan program would work in the T coronavirus package Gendered disinformation might have cost Warren the nomination and us our lives MORE (D-Mass.) has sharply criticized the Department of…
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March 6, 2020
VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk Vietnam Veterans

VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has for decades unlawfully turned away thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, rendering some of the most vulnerable veterans invisible and desperate for help, according to a study released Thursday.Systemic misunderstanding of the law within VA about which veterans it should care for…
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March 5, 2020
The US Has Abandoned Its Leadership on Land Mines, and For What? Vietnam Veterans

The US Has Abandoned Its Leadership on Land Mines, and For What?

Defense Secretary Mark Esper says new land mines are needed to “ensure mission success” and “reduce risk to our forces.” What success? What forces? The Cold War’s last battles—in Afghanistan, Latin America, southern Africa, and southeast Asia —claimed new victims long after the fighting ended. Land mines recklessly strewn over…
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March 4, 2020
Combating Stolen Valor: Why this disservice to veterans remains an ongoing problem Vietnam Veterans

Combating Stolen Valor: Why this disservice to veterans remains an ongoing problem

(Tribune News Service) — During a ceremony at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery last March honoring Vietnam veterans, a Vietnam veteran with an impressive military record delivered the invocation. James Craig "Doc" Glynn was introduced as a retired Green Beret medic and Army master sergeant who served in Vietnam and later in Somalia,…
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March 4, 2020