Posts Tagged ‘ Veterans ’

Sestak Announces Legislation to Help Student Veterans Make the Most of Military Training/Education and GI Benefits

Sestak Announces Legislation to Help Student Veterans Make the Most of Military Training/Education and GI Benefits

At a forum at the University of Pennsylvania to spotlight Veteran education programs there as well as at Drexel University, Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) announced new legislation today that will help our returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan put their military training toward a college degree. The Congressman’s bill would permit all students to...
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Annual Riverboat Cruise for Forgotten Veterans

Annual Riverboat Cruise for Forgotten Veterans

The annual Sharing & Caring riverboat cruise for disabled military veterans will be held Sept. 8-11. An estimated 1,000 veterans, many of whom are confined to hospitals and nursing homes, will receive lunch and a cruise on the Gateway Clipper Fleet’s Majestic. Docking begins at 10 a.m. each day at the Gateway Clipper’s Station...
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Sensational Rhetoric Won’t Help Our Veterans

Sensational Rhetoric Won’t Help Our Veterans

“As a Veteran, I read with deep concern an editorial entitled ‘The Death Book for Veterans,’ which accuses the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of deliberately sending Veterans a ‘hurry-up-and-die message’ with a pamphlet on living wills and end-of-life care. Anyone may criticize — and, indeed, suggest improvements to the pamphlet — but to...
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