http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2012-02-13/ge-hires-5000-vets/53070622/1 Updated 2/13/2012 9:17 AM WASHINGTON (AP) – General Electric says it will hire 5,000 military veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. The announcements are part of a four-day event that the global conglomerate is hosting with partners in Washington, D.C., that focuses on issues like…
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-02-19/stolen-valor-supreme-court/53149024/1 WASHINGTON (AP) – Xavier Alvarez was in good company when he stood up at a public meeting and called himself a wounded war veteran who had received the top military award, the Medal of Honor. Alvarez was lying about his medal, his wounds and his military service, but he wasn’t the first man to…
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February 02, 2012|By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times A Pasadena woman who served 12 years in theU.S. Army, including tours of duty in Iraq, filed suit Wednesday against the Department of Veterans Affairs for denying her full disability benefits because she is married to a woman. The lawsuit filed in federal court in…
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By RYAN TRARES Daily Journal8:00 a.m. CST, January 27, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS— For Jason Jones, returning from military service was like dropping into an alien world. The Indianapolis resident served a three-year stint with the U.S. Army in Germany. His days were strictly regimented, with the focus solely on the day’s mission. Once he was discharged,…
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