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  • "We should never put our young men and women's lives at risk when American interests are not clearly defined by the president of the United States," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said during Wednesday's debate. (Associated Press)

    Perry takes new course with call to limit military use

    Rick Perry rode off in a new direction for the first time before a national audience Wednesday night, calling for a less-interventionist American foreign policy than has been articulated by most of his chief rivals in the 2012 Republican presidential field.


  • President Obama addresses the annual convention of the American Legion at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    Obama presses Congress on jobs for veterans

    President Obama on Tuesday told veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they have "have earned their place among the greatest of generations" and that Congress has a duty to find more jobs for returning service members.


  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) greets veterans after addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars in San Antonio on Tuesday. During his speech, Mr. Romney bashed the Obama administration's efforts to cut defense spending. (Associated Press)

    Romney criticizes Obama's push to cut defense spending

    Mitt Romney told the nation's oldest major veterans organization Tuesday that the Obama administration's push to cut defense spending is based on either a misguided belief that the world is becoming a safer place or a wrongheaded notion that the United States should "become a lesser power."


  • ** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a town-hall meeting at the Keene Recreation Center in Keene, N.H., on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. He also spoke in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.  (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

    Romney, on Perry turf, assails 'career politicians'

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney castigated "career politicians" Tuesday as he tried to distinguish himself from chief rival Rick Perry while on the governor's home turf in Texas.


  • Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry heard loud applause at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 112th National Conference on Monday when he said only U.S. officers should be leading American troops in missions abroad. (Associated Press)

    Perry touts economic plan, then raises patriotic fervor

    Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said Monday that there would be no need for a stimulus program if he's elected president because his economic plan will "get America working again."


  • SGT. SHAFT: Brother asks how to help incarcerated veteran

    Dear Sgt Shaft: I have a brother who is currently incarcerated and receiving his 10 percent of his veteran disability benefits. He has a daughter who is 21 and is having a hard time. She would like to make a claim of apportionment. What V.A. form would she need to complete? Are there any additional proof or paper work that needs to be submitted with it?


  • Frank Buckles, who was the last-known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, shakes hands with Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV on Capitol Hill on Dec. 3, 2009. Mr. Buckles was 108 years old at the time. (Associated Press)

    Lawmakers deny last doughboy honor of lying in state at Capitol

    When the last-known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I died late last month, there was no shortage of praise or accolades for the 110-year-old doughboy, although one posthumous honor seems to have escaped him — lying in state at the U.S. Capitol.


  • SGT. SHAFT: Widow wants to check benefits

    A veteran's widow would like to find out about any benefits she may have.


  • Joseph Zamudio, 24, is seen in this photo provided by his mother, Jane Hamilton. The former Bisbee resident was one of the people who jumped in the deadly fray of the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson, Ariz. at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' community event. (AP Photo/Provided by family of Joseph Zamudio via Sierra Vista Herald)

    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords leaves hospital for rehab

    An ambulance carried Rep. Gabrielle Giffords along a route lined with well-wishers holding flags Friday, taking the congresswoman to a plane that will fly her to a Houston rehab hospital and her next step in recovery.


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