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		<title>American Hero Books Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American Hero Books™ are insert your own picture™ books for the infant-preschool age children of US military members and first responders. These books help the young child understand and feel proud of Daddy or Mommy&#8217;s very important job and keep Daddy or Mommy present in the child&#8217;s mind while that parent is away during training and deployment. Read, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combat to Community Cultural Competence Training Prepares Law Enforcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Colleen Corliss, Communications Director Office: 415-655-7248; Mobile: 202-415-6101 (media only) Email: ccorliss(at)stp-sf.org Responding to Recent Violence Perpetrated by Iraq Veterans SAN FRANCISCO (January 19, 2012) – The tragic violence recently perpetrated by Iraq veterans is being met with widespread response. Reports by friends and family indicate that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2012/01/combat-to-community-cultural-competence-training-prepares-law-enforcement/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=combat-to-community-cultural-competence-training-prepares-law-enforcement</link>
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		<title>VA To Host Major Veteran Career Fair in Washington D.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Agencies, Private Sector Companies Partner to Hire Veterans on the Spot WASHINGTON &#8212; Answering the President’s call to expand employment opportunities for America’s Veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs will host a major Veteran-focused career fair and exposition with thousands of public and private-sector on-the-spot hiring opportunities for Veterans on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE WELCOME HOME PROJECT PRESENTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Welcome&#8221; a Documentary Film &#8220;The Welcome&#8221; offers a fiercely intimate view of life after war: the fear, anger and isolation of post-traumatic stress that affects vets and family members alike.  As we join  them in a small room for an unusual five day healing retreat, we witness how the ruins of war can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/09/the-welcome-home-project-presents/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-welcome-home-project-presents</link>
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		<title>Widow: After 8 Deployments, Army Ranger Takes Own Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wash. &#8211; A soldier&#8217;s widow says his fellow Army Rangers wouldn&#8217;t do anything to help him before he took his own life &#8211; after eight deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army found Staff Sgt. Jared Hagemann&#8217;s body at a training area of Joint Base Lewis McChord a few weeks ago. A spokesman for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/08/widow-after-8-deployments-army-ranger-takes-own-life/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=widow-after-8-deployments-army-ranger-takes-own-life</link>
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		<title>Studies on Female Vets Influence VA Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The large number of women serving in the military and in combat zones for extended periods is producing reams of data that will shape health care and programs for female service members and veterans for years to come, analysts say. With nearly 214,000 women on active duty and roughly 240,000 women having deployed to operational [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/08/studies-on-female-vets-influence-va-health-care/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=studies-on-female-vets-influence-va-health-care</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Needs of Todays Warriors and Their Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From 2006 to 2010, an anonymous donor (since revealed) invested approximately $250 million in the well-being of service members, veterans, families and survivors impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The funds were distributed to over 50 organizations, including the Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (CIAV), to build a network of care, to shepherd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/08/meeting-the-needs-of-todays-warriors-and-their-families/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=meeting-the-needs-of-todays-warriors-and-their-families</link>
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		<title>Vets With PTSD, Government Reach Settlement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — More than a thousand Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder would be given lifetime disability retirement benefits such as military health insurance under the terms of a settlement reached between the government and the veterans. Attorneys for the veterans, the Justice Department and the military jointly filed a motion on Thursday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/07/vets-with-ptsd-government-reach-settlement/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=vets-with-ptsd-government-reach-settlement</link>
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		<title>House Panel Votes to Fix GI Bill Payment Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A House panel has passed a plan to improve the accuracy of Post-9/11 GI Bill payments to schools, after modifying the bill in response to concerns from veterans groups about unintended consequences — including the possibility that a student could be barred from attending school while payments are being calculated. The bill, HR 2301, is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/07/house-panel-votes-to-fix-gi-bill-payment-rules/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=house-panel-votes-to-fix-gi-bill-payment-rules</link>
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		<title>VA Announces Blue Button Prize Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it is offering a $50,000 prize to the first team that builds a personal health record (PHR) using the Blue Button? download format, and arranges to install the PHR on the websites of 25,000 physicians across America.  Sponsored by the VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2), the Blue Button [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coalitionforveterans.org/2011/07/va-announces-blue-button-prize-competition/#utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=va-announces-blue-button-prize-competition</link>
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