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May 18
- Defense contractors eye cuts to jobs, plants
- Obama seeks to woo military vote from Republicans
- Army General Says He Will Never Fail to Speak Up for 'Moral and Ethical Behavior and Values'
- Grim catalog of war wounded could be model for military medicine
- House showdown looms over indefinite detention
- Pelosi: No military chaplains have to perform same-sex marriages
- Pentagon Details Decisions NATO Faces at Chicago Summit
- Panel advances military pay raise
- 34 more companies vow to hire military spouses
- Mental Illness is the Leading Cause of Hospitalization for Active-Duty Troops
- House to Vote on $554 Billion Defense Bill, Defying Obama
- US Navy destroyers steal the show in 'Battleship'
- Missile defense cuts: A perilous mistake
May 17
- IU West honors troops with wall of honor
- New study links exposure to even a single bomb blast to serious life-long brain disease
- Amendment Protects Religious Liberty of Military Members
- New American Legion post coming to Pataskala
- US veterans to return war medals in protest
- Obama awards Vietnam-era rifleman a posthumous Medal of Honor
- Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
- Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
- Army replaces first female drill sergeant commandant
- Odierno eyes more expansion of women's combat roles in the fall
- Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment
- Army Leaders Order System-wide Review of Behavioral Health Care
- CBO: Tricare for Life mail order plan may work
- Returning vets get remarkable results with brain training
- House primed for day of contentious NDAA debate on detainees, same-sex marriage, Iran
- Senate bill would expand rights under SCRA
- Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran
May 16
- Mark Ellis named American Legion baseball's Graduate of the Year
- American Legion: Honor military members on Armed Forces Day
- Veterans discuss VA health care
- 400+ vets look for work at specialized job fair
- Obama implementing same Bush policies on terror he once reviled
- Congressmen seek update on propaganda law
- Former Commander of U.S. Nuclear Forces Calls for Large Cut in Warheads
- Administration Opposes Attempt to Bar Same-Sex Marriage on Military Property and Shield Military Chaplains
- GI killed in Vietnam War to get Medal of Honor
- Defense secretary restricts flights of F-22 Raptors
- Soldiers fail to seek PTSD treatment or drop out of therapy early, research finds
- Patient died at VA hospital after alarm was ignored
- Taiwan To Build ‘Stealth’ Warship Fleet
- Program Offers Paid Training for Unemployed Veterans
- House lawmakers seek crackdown on hazing
- New Law Authorizes Reservists to Respond to Homeland Disasters
- White House threatens veto of House defense bill
- Supreme Court Rejects Case of Former Sailor With Stress Disorder
- National parks entrance fees waived for troops
- Senate cuts discretionary funds for veterans affairs, military construction
- Sailors vs. aliens: ‘Battleship’ debuts Friday
May 15
- In brief: American Legion hosts VA town hall meeting today
- Pentagon: Despite state laws, same sex marriage illegal on military installations
- Medical corpsman still trying to heal Vietnam warriors' scars
- Pentagon pushes female troops closer to battlefield
- Gay rights conference shifts focus to military families, benefits
- Military officials oppose predatory lending legislation
- Ohio congressman wants Arlington memorial for newer conflicts
- Soldiers, veterans, PTSD and antipsychotic drugs
- HASC Says No to TRICARE Fee Hikes
- Taiwan deploying more 'carrier killers': report
- Some TFL users would stay with mail-order drugs
May 14
- American Legion officials in St. Louis to examine Veterans Administration medical center
- American Legion will host veterans' health care event
- Helping vets: 'The system is broken'
- The triage commander: Gen. John Allen hastily transforming U.S. mission in Afghanistan
- Father wins ‘Military Spouse of the Year’ award
- Lawmakers: Probe, punish ‘bomb’ leak
- GAO: Recoverable Oil in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming 'About Equal to Entire World’s Proven Oil Reserves'
- House Bill Seeks to Deny ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Immigration Enforcement Funds
- Military research at record amounts as war winding down
- Bowe Bergdahl's unlikely journey to life as a Taliban prisoner
- Domestic terror victims deserve Purple Hearts, lawmakers say
- No plans to shrink EOD force
- Forbes' forums will fight potentially huge military cuts
- Robot Soldiers Will Be a Reality—and a Threat
- Army One-Star Removed From Job in Afghanistan
May 11
- Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans
- House shifts pending budget cuts from defense to entitlements
- F-22 Raptor pilots make problems public
- Once Hailed as Army Pioneer, Now Battling to Stay on the Job
- House Panel, Citing Gay 'Marriage' Pressure, Passes Measure Protecting Religious Liberty of Service Members
- Texas program links veterans to jobs
- Veterans with claims face long wait at Oakland VA facility
- Army to study use of 'off label' drugs to treat PTSD
- What does Obama's support for gay marriage mean for the military?
- Army Releases April Suicide Data
- Panetta warns Congress over Pentagon budget gridlock
- Rape in the ranks
- Lawmakers: Don’t even think about BRAC
May 10
- BHS Students Take on the Government at Boys and Girls State
- Hollywood studios, networks, guilds, agencies align for new veterans initiative, ‘Got Your 6’
- Veterans wait months for disability claims
- Family lobbies for soldier to be included in Taliban prisoner swap
- House committee backs East Coast missile-defense site
- Conservative lawmakers' concerns over DADT repeal resurface
- HASC amendment would prohibit another BRAC round
- Families List Retirement, Pay as Top Issues
- House panel backs limits on gay rights in military
- Webb seeks bigger role for Congress on military
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