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Proposed legislation could expand education benefits, veterans’ access to commercial driver’s licenses amid trucking shortage

Two senators have introduced a bill that would allow schools with trucking programs to expand veterans' access to commercial driver's licenses as the trucking industry faces a shortage of drivers across the country.

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5 nonprofits awarded $1 million each to modify, repair homes of low-income veterans with disabilities

Five nonprofits have been awarded $5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund efforts by the organizations to modify or repair the homes of low-income veterans with disabilities.

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WWII soldier from Tennessee to be buried in Washington state

Tech. Sgt. Ross H. Thompson died Dec. 10, 1942, at age 50. He was reported captured with thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members when forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese.

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Ohio Republican stays in campaign amid scrutiny of service

Republican J.R. Majewski insisted that he would stay in the race for a competitive northwest Ohio congressional seat after The Associated Press reported earlier this week that he misrepresented key elements of his Air Force service.

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Justice Department says it would defend VA medical workers in abortion cases

The Justice Department said it will provide legal defense if necessary to Veterans Affairs medical workers who perform abortions to save a patient’s life, protect the mother’s health or in instances when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest.

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Iowa honor flight veterans shown appreciation throughout capital trip

All day long, the veterans from the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area were thanked by passing tourists, by employees at the airports or active service men and women whom they bumped into at the memorials.

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Alabama veterans released by Russia didn’t realize they were free at first, family says

Andy Tai Huynh and Alexander Drueke, both veterans from Alabama, were captured in Ukraine during a fight in the Kharkiv area in June.

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Facebook Live copied tech from war veteran’s app, jury finds in $175-million verdict

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram was ordered to pay nearly $175 million for violating patents held by the maker of a push-to-talk app founded by a former Green Beret who had sought to solve battlefield communications problems he encountered in Afghanistan.

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