Democrat Urges Better Reservist Benefits
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National Guard and Reserve soldiers deserve better health care and other benefits from the federal government, said North Dakota Democrat Rep. Earl Pomeroy.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday asked Congress to approve nearly $190 billion more in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A retired U.S. Air Force general who endorsed President Bush four years ago says in a new television ad by the Democratic Party that this year he will vote for John Kerry because the Democrat has "a real strategy to make America safer."
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Whoever wrote a legislative provision to give more members of Congress access to income tax records should be tracked down and held to account, a Democratic senator said Monday.
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A decorated U.S. combat veteran  filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that the government can  not prevent reservists from leaving the military when their  enlistment periods end.
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House Democrats, desperate to leave for the Memorial Day recess with a policy victory, are banking on a scaled-back lobbying bill to give them something to tout when they go home.
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The United States should redeploy troops from Iraq, allowing the military to focus on terrorist threats in Pakistan and Afghanistan, New York Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand said Saturday.
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A veteran who served with John Kerry in Vietnam says the Democrat "risked his life to save mine" in a television ad that Kerry's presidential campaign rolled out Thursday to counter a spot that claims Kerry lied about his war record.
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COUER D'ALENE, Idaho - An Idaho state senator wants to allow smoking in the state's homes for veterans, arguing that forcing former service men and women to go outside is an "injustice" that needs to be remedied.  Sen.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry told fellow veterans on Wednesday that he would do a better job than President Bush at protecting America's military men and women at home and abroad.
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As House Democrats wrangle over details of a $100 billion war spending bill -- including whether restrictions should be placed on troops sent to Iraq -- some members want to add significant money for agricultural relief, Hurricane Katrina reconstruction and other nonmilitary projects.
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Thousands of U.S. troops with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering a benefits system that is already overburdened.
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WASHINGTON : Senator John Kerry accused President George W Bush on Friday of hiding plans to call up large numbers of reservists for active duty in Iraq until after the November elections.
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Senate leaders said Friday they will push legislation to increase the death benefits for military personnel, retroactive to the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, which began in October 2001.
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In a gesture to troops serving unexpectedly long tours in Iraq, President Bush announced an election-year proposal Wednesday to enhance education benefits for active-duty National Guardsmen and reservists.
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Veterans groups are urging House Republicans not to oust Rep. Christopher Smith, who at times has rankled his own party in pressing for veterans' benefits, as chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
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Democratic presidential candidates promised Wednesday to provide better health care for military veterans, saying troops returning from Iraq have received shoddy care under the Bush administration.