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- Vet Advocates Fight for New G.I. Bill
  Posted by okami from Military
  It's a program that meant a college degree for millions who wouldn't previously have been able to afford one, and its advocates say the benefit helped make the "greatest generation" what it is today. But the World War II veterans who took advantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights to gain a college education got a lot more out of the deal than today's vets, say advocates and some key lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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- US military officials knew about contaminated water at Marine base
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  As many as 1 million people were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a US Marine Corps base in North Carolina, according to the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in a document revealed at a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington June 12. The figure is far higher than previous estimates.
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- 7 Marines get immunity in Haditha killings
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Orders granting the immunity ensure any testimony the Marines volunteer cannot be used against them, making it highly unlikely charges will be brought against the men. They also suggest their eyewitness accounts will feature prominently in military court hearings for seven other Marines charged in the case.
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- Porn for Troops: From Massacre to Lap-Dance
  Posted by ptristam from Pierre Tristam
  How a town in Iraq went from the site of a Marine massacre last year to a soft-porn venue for troops. But don't rely on The New York Times to connect the dots for you. This article does.
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- Latest news wires from the Associated Press
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  He was featured in Michael Moore's antiwar documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11," portrayed as an overzealous Marine recruiter who targeted poor kids. But Staff Sgt. Raymond Plouhar was far more complicated than that. And it was that complicated man who died in Iraq in late June, as he served with some of the same men he had recruited years ago. It was that complex man who was buried Friday, by a family that honored his service but would never forget his humanity.
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- Hundreds of Marines Could Have Been Saved By Extra Body Armor
  Posted by Jeff from Dailykos
  A secret Pentagon study has found that at least 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had extra body armor.
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Marines

Vet Advocates Fight for New G.I. Bill

US military officials knew about contaminated water at Marine base

7 Marines get immunity in Haditha killings

Porn for Troops: From Massacre to Lap-Dance

Latest news wires from the Associated Press

Hundreds of Marines Could Have Been Saved By Extra Body Armor

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