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Conn. Man Protects 1,000 Acres Of Trails

Tolland Patch | Posted 01.19.2012 | Impact

Read More: Veteran, Joshua's Trust, Vietnam War, Boy Scouts, Conservation Corps, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Environment, Conservation, Ken Hankinson, Cub Scouts, Tolland, Impact News

Tolland resident Ken Hankinson has an important mission with some serious obstacles; he wants to conserve Tolland's open space and natural beauty with...

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Beyond Vietnam Lie Afghanistan and Iraq: In Memory of MLK

Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 01.16.2012 | Politics

Read More: Peace, Martin Luther King Peace, Martin Luther King, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq War, Vietnam War, Beyond Vietnam, MLK Day, Beyond Vietnam Speech, Politics News
Kavita N. Ramdas

He minced no words when he said, "A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: "This way of settling differences is not just."

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Actions of a Few Marines: Let's Not "Celebrate," Justify or Broad-Brush

Dorian de Wind | Posted 01.14.2012 | World

Read More: Atrocities, u.s. Marines, Marine Corps, Heroes, U.S. Military, Vietnam War, Afghanistan War, World News
Dorian de Wind

I honestly believe that we Americans can and must start calling what is wrong by its name, without euphemisms, without excuses -- no ifs ands or buts about it.

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Vietnam Veteran Devotes His Time To Preserving Other Vets' Stories

The Wichita Eagle | Posted 01.10.2012 | Impact

Read More: Herb Duncan, The Greatest Generation, Robert B. Lee Duncan Jr., Wwii, Vietnam War, Freddy Simon, Vietnam Veterans, Wwi, Veterans, Impact News

By the end of today, 28 World War II veterans from Kansas will have died, according to Col. Herb Duncan. He wants to make sure their stories don’t d...

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Happy Xmas (But War Is Not Over)

Christopher Holshek | Posted 12.23.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Vietnam, Iraq, Peace, South Korea, National Security, Vietnam War, War, North Korea, End of War, Avoiding-War, Iraq War End, Politics News
Christopher Holshek

By having a more conscientious consensus on cause, cost and consequence, we're more likely -- though not guaranteed -- to avoid other Vietnams and Iraqs.

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4,474 Americans Dead in Iraq

Peter Van Buren | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

Read More: Bush Iraq War, U.S Soldiers Killed, Iraq War Deaths, Iraq War Costs, Barack Obama War, Vietnam War, George Bush Iraq, John Kerry Vietnam, Politics News
Peter Van Buren

Our wars, our only legacy from the evil of 9/11, signs of a nation gone mad, have cost America over $4 trillion. Yet while money is one thing to squander, we weep over the unnecessary loss of lives.

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Newt Hit With Surprising Attack

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iowa Caucus, Paul Gingrich, Gingrich Military, Ron Paul, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich Vietnam War, Newt Gingrich Miitary, Gingrich Paul, Gingrich, Gingrich Veterans, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Vietnam War, Ron Paul Military, Ron Paul 2012, Newt Gingrich, Iowa Caucus 2012, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) attacked Newt Gingrich over getting draft deferments while advocating a hawkish foreign poli...

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Christina Wilkie

Former CIA Director's Death Raises Questions, Divides Family

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Donald Rumsfeld, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Carl Colby, Soldiers, Video, Cia, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, William Colby, Nato, Vietnam War, Phoenix Program, Counterinsurgency, Armchair Detective, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A new film on the life and death of master spy and former CIA director William E. Colby, created by his son, raises the question of whet...

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Thousands Killed From Weapons, Bombs Left From Vietnam War

AP | Posted 12.05.2011 | World

Read More: Casualties of War, Video, Accidental Explosions, Vietnam War, Weapons of War, David Shear, Vietnam, Ambassador David Shear, U.S. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, World News

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam's prime minister says more than 42,000 people have been killed by bombs, mines and ordnance left from the Vietnam War, ...

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Occupy Buddha: Reflections on Occupy Wall Street

Lewis Richmond | Posted 01.28.2012 | Religion

Read More: Four Sightings, Occupy Buddha, Occupy Wall St, Bill Moyers, Vietnam War, Civil Rights, Gautama, Occupy Faith, Buddhism, Slidepollajax, Religion News
Lewis Richmond

This is about the 100% -- in other words, all of us. Who knows what Gautama was like in the years before he walked out of the palace. He may have been a self-satisfied aristocratic twit -- until he woke up.

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Not the America I Envisioned

Jim Worth | Posted 01.22.2012 | Politics

Read More: Greatest Generation, Middle-Class, Income Inequality, Vietnam War, Economy, Congress, American Dream, Class Warfare, Baby Boomers, Politicians, Civil Rights, Politics News
Jim Worth

This country, America, has become ugly, and it's my generation that has made it this way.

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Thanksgiving Gratitude

Lee Woodruff | Posted 01.21.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Giving Thanks, Vietnam War, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Nostalgia, Wars Abroad, The Economy, Prayer, Nostalgia, Family, Fifty News
Lee Woodruff

While we celebrate the holiday that symbolizes gratitude for life in a free land, families have loved ones halfway around the world who have stood up to protect those freedoms. You have to respect that, no matter what your politics or individual views are.

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Vietnam War's Biggest Opponent Says He Told Obama To End Iraq War

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.16.2011 | Politics

Read More: Obama Troop Withdrawal, Iraq War, u.s. Foreign Policy, Video, George Mcgovern Iraq, Iraq War Ending, Vietnam War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Obama Iraq End, George Mcgovern Vietnam War, Iraq Drawdown, George Mcgovern, Obama Iraq, Politics News

A slew of comparisons have been made between the wars in Iraq and Vietnam. So it should come as no surprise that George McGovern, former Democratic pr...

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Ali, Frazier, Jackson, Stallone: Of Image, Race, Politics, and Myth

William Bradley | Posted 01.16.2012 | Politics

Read More: Mad Men, Islam, Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Vietnam War, Joe Frazier, Boxing, Black Power, Arnold Schwarzenegger, '60s, Sylvester Stallone, Muhammad Ali, Rocky, Vietnam War Protests, Video, Politics News
William Bradley

Monday's Philadelphia funeral for former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier brought some old but still very salient issues back to the fore. Frazier's sudden death from liver cancer has reminded many of some uncomfortable truths.

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Biggest Joke From Republican Debate: Romney Threatening Iran

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.14.2012 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Iran, Vietnam War, Volunteer Army, Romney's Sons, Stuxnet Virus, Republican Primary, Republican Debate, Elections 2012, Gop Primary, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Mitt Romney should quit the act. He is the most effete candidate ever. As phony as a person as he is, he comes across even more ridiculous every time he tries to claim he is tough.

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Medal of Honor Upgrades Are Rare -- and Should Be

Ed Hooper | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Department of Defense, Military History, President Ronald Reagan, US Military, Congress, Medal of Honor, Duncan Hunter, Vietnam War, Special Forces, Veterans Day, Pennsylvania, Terry Calandra, Politics News
Ed Hooper

The Medal of Honor is this nation's highest combat award. The process of selection must remain exclusively with the Department of Defense for the medal to retain its valorous prominence -- on Veterans Day 2011 and for generations to come.

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PHOTOS: Stories Of Bravery From Medal Of Honor Recipients

Posted 01.11.2012 | Books

Read More: U.S. Navy, Veteran's Day, Video, Medal of Honor Heroes, U.S. Air Force, Wwii, Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor Book, Vietnam War, Korean War, U.S. Army, Veterans, Books News

A new edition has just been published of the book "Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty" (Artisan, $45.) Containing letters ...

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Our Dangerous Childhood

Patricia Aranka Smith | Posted 01.09.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Parenting, 1960's, Childhood, Humor, Nostalgia, John F. Kennedy, Post 50, 24 Hour News Cycle, Vietnam War, Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Rogers, Barney, Amber Alert, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, Tsa, Breaking News, Childhood Safety, Fifty News
Patricia Aranka Smith

Childhood in my day was brutal, I tell ya. From the beginning, we were abused with cloth diapers. Not one of us sprouted water or blood from being accidentally poked by safety pins.

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Remember the Littlest Veterans

BJ Gallagher | Posted 01.09.2012 | Parents

Read More: Military Families, Korean War, Wwii, Military, Military Brats, Air Force, Vietnam War, Veterans, Veterans Day, Military Children Veterans Day, Military Children, Parents News
BJ Gallagher

Military brats serve their country, too, and they pay a price every day of their childhoods. They are the littlest soldiers -- the youngest veterans. Remember them. Thank them. Hug them.

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YouTube Hit Gives Back To Troops

Posted 01.07.2012 | Impact

Read More: Video, Anthony Tedesco, Treat Any Soldier, Donate, Afghanistan, Care Packages, Vietnam War, Long Until Gone, Iraq, Veterans, Impact News

Native New Yorker Anthony Tedesco has become an overnight Youtube sensation with the release of his single "Long Until Gone." The video, filmed in...

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Memo to Occupy Protesters: Don't Make The Mistakes We Made in the 60s

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 12.28.2011 | Politics

Read More: Occupy Oakland, Lsd, Dr. Martin Luther King, Timothy Leary, Peace Movement, Military Industrial Complex, Occupy Philadelphia, Woodstock, Vietnam War, 9/11, Lbj, Occupy Wall Street, Defense Spending, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

Somehow the hippie movement lost its unity and credibility when it became about flower children making love and tripping out instead of what we can do together to end war and create social justice.

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Iraq Syndrome

Robert Koehler | Posted 12.27.2011 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Cost of War, War on Terror, Defeat, Iraq Death Toll, Depleted Uranium, Vietnam War, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The failure of the Iraq war is the failure of all wars, past and future: national policy grounded in the dehumanization of a people. Iraq Syndrome may be our best hope in thwarting the power of the war consensus.

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PHOTOS: Landmark Hanoi Hotel Unearths Vietnam War Bunker

AP | By MIKE IVES | Posted 12.19.2011 | Travel

Read More: Metropole Hotel, Hanoi Hotels, Metropole Hotel Bunker, Metropole Hotel Hanoi, Vietnam War, Global Pulse, Vietnam, Vietnam Christmas Bombings, Metropole Hotel Vietnam, Travel News

Mikes Ives, Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam -- The siren's wail at the historic Metropole Hotel sent American folk singer Joan Baez and other guest...

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Occupy Wall Street's Not Just About the Economy

Steve Nelson | Posted 12.18.2011 | Politics

Read More: Libertairians, Tea Party, 2009 Wto Protest Geneva, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Buffalo Springfield, Vietnam War, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Steve Nelson

There's no way to know if this nascent "movement" can even change debit card fees, much less the world. But recognizing and embracing our common humanity is not a bad place to start.

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The Church And OccupyWallStreet

Marilyn Sewell | Posted 12.11.2011 | Religion

Read More: Occupywallstreet, Abolitionist Movement, Systemic Sin, Bishop John Shelby Spong, Civil Rights Movement, Social Justice, Church, Sermons, Jesus, Vietnam War, William Sloane Coffin, Congress, Bankers, Berrigan Brothers, Occupy Wall Street, Religion News
Marilyn Sewell

The church's proper role is to stand on the side of the disenfranchised and to call out wrongdoing and injustice in our society. Jesus did not say," I have come that you might be comfortable."

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