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	<description>What Veterans of Island County Read</description>
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		<title>Army Base on the Brink</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/09/09/army-base-on-the-brink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At an Army base near Seattle, soldiers are committing suicide, murdering their families—and in one case, waterboarding their own kids. Winston Ross reports from a base on the brink. by Winston Ross &#124; September 9, 2011 1:56 PM EDT


Back when Jonathan Gilbert was still in middle school, he attended his cousin’s graduation ceremony from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year at War</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/05/31/a-year-at-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Combat, the Unexpected Perils of Coming Home

Pvt. Johnnie Stevenson cleaned his truck one last time, scraping off the  barnacle-like mud and pulling crushed water bottles from under seats.  But deployment to Afghanistan was almost over, and his thoughts drifted  elsewhere. Was his pregnant fiancée ready to be a mother? Facebook  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VRC Memorial Day Announcement</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/05/24/vrc-memorial-day-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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VRC Memorial Day Announcement (PDF)
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		<title>In Memoriam: Tim Hetherington</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/04/21/in-memoriam-tim-hetherington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Paul Rieckhoff on April 21
The IAVA family is deeply saddened by the loss today of our dear friend Tim Hetherington. Tim was not only a renowned filmmaker and photojournalist, but also a tremendous leader, advocate and partner to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans everywhere. He was one of the few journalists willing to risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommitting ourselves to fighting the suicide epidemic</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/04/15/recommitting-ourselves-to-fighting-the-suicide-epidemic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Bryan Maxwell on April 15

For the last few years, one of IAVA’s top priorities has been to stem the epidemic of suicide among service members and veterans. We see the epidemic reflected in the numbers the Army releases every month, but last month, the issue hit close to home—on March 31, IAVA Member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War casualty on the home front</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/04/09/war-casualty-on-the-home-front-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poster boy for suicide prevention, Houstonian becomes another statistic
By LINDSAY WISE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
April 9, 2011, 7:
Marine veteran Clay Hunt had a tattoo on his arm that quoted Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien: &#8220;Not all those who wander are lost.&#8221;
&#8220;I think he was a lot more philosophical about life than a lot of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morlock sentenced to 24 years for Afghanistan murders</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/03/23/morlock-sentenced-to-24-years-for-afghanistan-murders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Hal Bernton, Seattle Times
Spc. Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to three counts of murdering unarmed Afghans and other wrongdoing during a court-martial hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. —
Apologizing to the Afghan people and the families of the dead, Spc. Jeremy Morlock on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the murders of three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Those Who Served</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/03/06/protecting-those-who-served/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Maria Cuomo Cole March 6, 2011 in Huffington Post.com
In the short-term budget agreement reached last week by Congress and the White House, $75 million in housing aid for 10,000 homeless veterans was cut. At a time when we&#8217;re pushing American soldiers to the limit of endurance, we just pushed 10,000 of them out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/03/05/lt-gen-john-kelly-who-lost-son-to-war-says-u-s-largely-unaware-of-sacrifice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
By Greg Jaffe

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 
Before he addressed the crowd that had assembled in the St. Louis Hyatt Regency ballroom last November,
Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly had one request. &#8220;Please don&#8217;t mention my son,&#8221; he asked the Marine Corps officer introducing him.

Four days earlier, 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly , 29, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Soldiers Trade Their Swords for Plows</title>
		<link>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/02/17/helping-soldiers-trade-their-swords-for-plows/</link>
		<comments>http://vetsresourcecenter.org/news/index.php/2011/02/17/helping-soldiers-trade-their-swords-for-plows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mikie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — On an organic farm here in avocado country, a group of young Marines, veterans and Army reservists listened intently to an old hand from the front lines.
GOING GREEN Carlos Rivera, a former Marine, at Archi’s Acres, an organic farm in California’s avocado country where service members and veterans learn about farming. [...]]]></description>
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