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End in sight, U.S. veterans ponder pain of Iraq war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – They remembered friends who died and brave Iraqis they had met, but news on Friday that the Iraq war was ending couldn’t erase questions among U.S. veterans about whether it has all been worth it. Sentiment about whether the nearly nine-year war was right or wrong was…
Unemployment crisis among veterans spurs call to action in Congress
While dismal employment numbers often lead the news — unemployment, for instance remains just over 9% — and the fight over the debt ceiling left fixing the jobless recovery on the back burner, some Americans who went to war at the behest of their president are finding the peace back…
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