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The House on Thursday approved sweeping
legislation that would expand Department of Veterans Affairs health care
and benefits to veterans affected by burn pits and other toxic
environments.
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, , an Iraq War
veteran, led an effort to urge the Department of Veterans Affairs
to reach out to veterans and offer mental health resources to them
in the wake of the invasion.
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Retired Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, a former
chief of operations who is credited with restoring Navy pride in a
post-Vietnam era that saw the transition to a volunteer force and
the re-emergence of the Soviet naval threat, has died. He was 97.
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Former Stars and Stripes photographer
Harold P. Slate, 96, of North Syracuse, died Sunday at his home in
North Syracuse, N.Y.
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With Nazi troops on the defensive and
World War II nearing an end, Army Air Forces pilot John Billings
was enlisted for a risky operation organized by the Office of
Strategic Services, the wartime precursor to the CIA.
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During the president's visit to North
Texas to speak about issues affecting veterans, the family wanted
to urge Joe Biden to consider trading Russian prisoners in the U.S.
for the release of Trevor Reed and other Americans.
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When Clevelander Bill Wynne bought a
Yorkshire Terrier — that weighed four pounds and stood just seven
inches high — for $6, he never expected his tiny pup would save
lives during World War II.
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After losing his legs, former Navy SEAL
Dan Cnossen fought his way to a new life as a skier.
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President Joe Biden's trip Tuesday to Fort
Worth, Texas, is personal — a chance to talk with veterans and
their caregivers and push for more help for members of the military
who face health problems after exposure to burn pits.
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The suit alleges that after Eduardo
Arriola, a former Marine, was diagnosed as schizophrenic and
discharged in 2017, no one put his name into the FBI database
listing people prohibited from buying firearms.
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Air Force veteran Dick Schulze is the
country's oldest competitive snowboarder, a relative late bloomer
who didn't take up the sport until his 50s and plans, despite a
titanium knee and a fall that crumpled his helmet and blacked him
out, to keep going until he hits at least 100.
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