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	    <title><![CDATA[VFW Grieves Over Fort Hood Tragedy]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, November 6, 2009 -- The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. extended his condolences and support today to the families and victims of yesterday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

"No words can properly ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[President Tittle Presents Gift to Lady Liberty]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[Reposted with permission from VFW Ladies Auxiliary.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 5, 2009 -National President Jan Tittle and scores of Auxiliary members representing at least 37 Departments made the annual trek to celebrate the Statue of Liberty’s ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Businesses Honoring Veterans With Discounts]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[During Veterans Day Weekend, several retail businesses are raising money for programs, while other businesses are offering various discounts to veterans. VFW received the following notices about Veterans Day Specials:   

Sport Clips nationwide on ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Veteran Receives Final Justice]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[“It won’t happen in my lifetime,” Bob Shearer said as he added his name to the registry of Vietnam veterans diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Shearer was exposed to Agent Orange but never thought service connection to the disease ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[A True Young Veterans Post]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[A Post in North Carolina currently has nearly a fifth of its members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. And almost all its leaders are vets of those wars, too. Here’s what it does to attract and support younger members.

Not since the Vietnam War has a ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[VFW Urges Russia to Reopen Archives to POW/MIA Researchers]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, October 28, 2009 — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. recently returned from a 12-day trip to Europe to urge the Russian government to revitalize the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs, and to meet with ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[31 Stadiums, 1 RV, 3 Friends and a Fallen Hero’s Dream]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[In 2002, while training for the U.S. Army in Fort Rucker, Alabama, football enthusiasts Nathan Thompson and his friend Joe Lusk dreamed of traveling the United States in an RV during football season. They would visit each of the thirty one NFL stadiums ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[Victory for Veterans]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[Advanced Appropriations for VA Becomes Law

WASHINGTON, October 22, 2009 — The president signed into law today legislation that will enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to know its health care budget a full year in advance.  

"This is a huge ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[VA Contacting Veteran-Students about New GI Bill]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[Calls Part of Systematic Outreach to Improve Service

Department of Veterans Affairs
October 19, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be telephoning Veterans across the country to explain their ... ]]></description>
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	    <title><![CDATA[VFW Helps to Connect Father and Daughter Thousands of Miles Apart]]></title>     
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	    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate> 
    <description><![CDATA[KANSAS CITY, Mo., October 15, 2009 - This past July, as Staff Sgt. Brett M. Bennethum lined up in formation at deployment, his 4-year-old daughter, Paige Bennethum, just “didn’t want to let go.”  The picture of Paige holding her father’s hand as he ... ]]></description>
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