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When members of our military return home today they benefit from a positive reception, one very different than after Vietnam. As a veteran of that war I am very pleased to see this change. We all need to respect the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform – and their families – make in

Arthur Lute’s arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. Lute has post-traumatic stress disorder from the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. He spent years drifting

Lousy record keeping by the military is hurting veterans who need to prove their sacrifice in order to access the benefits they’ve earned, according to a report. Much of the problem arose from the military’s switch from paper to digital records in the early 1990s, according to the probe by Propublica and the Seattle Times.

Grace United Methodist Church pastor Robert E. Slade called for veterans in the pews to step to the altar, and two dozen men and women, including an elderly man using a walker, stood front and center Sunday. Robust recordings of “Anchors Aweigh,” then another military marches, blared through the loudspeakers. Women and girls, dressed in

After the Veteran’s Day ceremonies are over and done, most veterans would probably like one thing: A job. The unemployment rate for veterans continues to be a national disgrace. One industry has put a major focus on veteran employment in the past few years, though — and a new report shows progress. The franchising industry

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Fewer veterans are starting their own businesses, continuing a decline that began more than a decade ago. Veterans made up only 6% of all new entrepreneurs last year, compared to 12% in 2000, according to a new report from the Kauffman Foundation, which focuses on entrepreneurial activity.

Arthur Lute’s arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015. Lute has post-traumatic stress disorder from the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. He spent years drifting

Veterans will now be cared for in an environment that mimics all the comforts of home instead of a hospital-like nursing home, Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center officials said Thursday. The Tuscaloosa VA celebrated the opening of the Cottages at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center with a ribbon-cutting in front of an expansive, 25,000-square foot