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The Untold Story of War

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An estimated 22 veterans take their own lives each day. On any given night, nearly 63,000 veterans are homeless.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36831.htm



On Losing a Veteran Son to a Broken System

By HOWARD SOMERS and JEAN SOMERS

How do you wrap your head around the fact that your 30-year-old, happily married son has taken his own life?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36832.htm



Watch This Video Before You Enlist

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Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military s marketing efforts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36836.htm



40% of NYC veterans need food assistance

Roughly 40 percent of New York City s military veterans are finding themselves facing hunger with few options for help, and the problem may be get worse in the future.

http://rt.com/usa/veterans-nyc-food-assistance-547/



Who is to Blame for Battlefield America?

Is It Militarized Police or the Militarized Culture?

By John W. Whitehead

Clearly, the American homeland is now ruled by a military empire.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36833.htm



US Military: A Cancer

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This video is about the Military Cancer attacking our country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36158.htm



Homeless in Detroit allege they are being driven out of downtown

Some homeless make accusations that police pick them up and drive them out of town, away from new development.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/28/homeless-in-detroitallegetheyarebeingdrivenoutofdowntown.html



VA Lobotomized 2,000 Disturbed Veterans

By Army Times

The Veterans Administration performed the brain-altering operation on former servicemen it diagnosed as depressives, psychotics and schizophrenics, and occasionally on people identified as homosexuals, according to the report.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37092.htm



Pennsylvania School Tries To Kick Out Two Students After Their Families Became Homeless

As if their lives hadn t been thrown into enough turmoil when their house was foreclosed on and their family became homeless, two Pennsylvania students learned last Monday that they were no longer welcome at the school they had attended their entire lives

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/16/3069591/pennsylvania-homeless-students/


From Information Clearing House

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Real-Life Hunger Is No Game
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/13

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A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America s Wars

Ann Jones, TomDispatch: In this excerpt, Ann Jones reports on the hidden reverberations of our distant wars, from what goes on unseen behind hospital doors to the long, private struggles that occur anonymously in suburban neighborhoods and rehabilitation centers across the United States.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/20051-a-trail-of-tears-how-veterans-return-from-americas-wars



Use War Money to Take Care of Veterans

Robert Naiman, Truthout: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders proposes restoring money in the budget for military pensions by using war funding and giving us a true cost of war at the same time.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21435-vermonts-sensanders-is-right-use-war-money-to-take-care-of-veterans

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Veterans Day and foreign intervenionism

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

11/18/13

Commemorating Veterans Day, people honored Americans who have served in the U.S. military, especially those who have fought and died in America s foreign wars. In doing so, however, it s easy to forget the fact that what the soldiers fought for and died for in those foreign wars wasn t all that it s cracked up to be...

http://fff.org/2013/11/18/veterans-day-and-foreign-interventionism/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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