Telegraph.co.uk
| May 9, 2013
"Victory Day," the 68th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, was marked with the traditional display of military might in Red Square and a speech from President Vladimir Putin in which he vowed that Russia would "do everything to enforce saf...
Voice of America
| Mar 16, 2013
Public opinion surveys in 2011 revealed a majority of Americans felt the US invasion of Iraq was a mistake. War casualties had a major role in shaping Americans' feelings about the war, and now, 10 years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Huss...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 8, 2012
Another mass shooting in the US, this time at a Sikh temple, and the alleged perpetrator has links to the white supremacist movement. The latest incident has reignited fears about right-wing extremism. Civil rights groups and the authorities repor...
Associated Press
| Nov 11, 2011
There are nearly 240,000 unemployed Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in America today, with an average jobless rate among all veterans of 12 percent -- compared with around 9 percent for the US overall. For young veterans aged 18 to 24, the unemploym...
Democracy Now!
| Nov 2, 2011
In New York City, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War marched in their military fatigues from Vietnam Veterans Plaza to Zuccotti Park, the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement. "It's clear that veterans are part of the 99 percent. Veteran...
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Matt Kresling
| Oct 26, 2011
Scott Olsen, an Iraq veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, is in a critical condition after being injured during the Occupy Oakland protests last night. Friends say he has a fractured skull and that his wounds are consistent with being hit in...
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...this week urged U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to Lebanon because of the security threat from the Syrian civil war. Hezbollah Deputy Secretary...
— last Tuesday at 09:17 am
...Mwalimu Julius Nyerere possessed card number one -- passed on at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya after succumbing to heart attacks. In h...
— Apr 28, 2012 at 09:38 am
...and chidren who died out there, not only through being shot, but because of the disease that ensued. “I was there from 1954 until 1956. It was t...
— Jun 7, 2012 at 05:08 pm
...leading a patrol on a well-known supply route in Iraq from Fallujah to Ramadi, Marine Tony Wan spotted a slight disturbance on the path. Followi...
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..." .
This page refers to military veterans, i.e., a person who has served or is serving in the armed forces. Those veterans that have had direct exposure to acts of military conflict may also be referred to as war veterans.
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