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11. Yes, the suicides, homelessness, and traumatic stress that Vets are enduring

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:20 AM

Mar 2012

is very saddening as well. Obama has shown much more respect for Vets than the Bush administration but the wars need to end, jobs created for veterans, and make sure Vets have places to live.

It will cost money but that is money better spent in my eyes than lining the pockets of the military industrial complex while they prep us for the next war. It is time to put the needs of veterans and Americans in general ahead of the wants and desires of the war machine.

No Vet should be homeless.

More than 67,000 homeless veterans were counted on a given January night in America last year. More than 4 in 10 homeless veterans were found unsheltered.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/03/veteran_poverty_numbers.html

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It's time for President Obama to EARN his Nobel Peace prize [View all] think Mar 2012 OP

Sigh. TheWraith Mar 2012 #1

Sigh. He could lead the fucking way think Mar 2012 #2

Sigh. He tried to lead the way Drale Mar 2012 #3

then set the people in Guantanamo free. I'm tired of lame excuses for human rights abuses think Mar 2012 #4

BINGO libtodeath Mar 2012 #6

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I'd love to see President Obama wrap up the Afghanistan war - TBF Mar 2012 #5

I agree. This morning I wondered how he can keep sending our troops... polichick Mar 2012 #7

Multiple tours must take its toll. Ten years of war is not war it is occupation /nt think Mar 2012 #9

Yes, and many more stressed soldiers take their own lives... polichick Mar 2012 #10

Yes, the suicides, homelessness, and traumatic stress that Vets are enduring think Mar 2012 #11