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  • Congress's Iraq Vets Helplessly Watch Their Gains Lost

    06/13/2014 4:11:22 AM PDT · by Biggirl · 40 replies
    National Journal ^ | June 13, 2014 | Clara Ritger
    Americans are tired of war. For the 17 members of Congress who served in Iraq, that means watching helplessly as the cities they fought for fall once more to extremists. Militants believed to be associated with al-Qaida overtook Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq, on Tuesday. The group then seized Tikrit, hometown of former President Saddam Hussein, on Wednesday.
  • Iraqi War Vets Still Want to Serve Despite Crippling Injuries

    11/12/2003 5:29:26 AM PST · by FlyLow · 10 replies · 250+ views
    American Forces Press Service | 11-12-03 | Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA
    Among the many veterans who came to see President Bush pay tribute to the nation's veterans [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031111-8.html] on the 50th anniversary of Veterans Day [http://www.appc1.va.gov/vetsday/] here today, three said they still are willing to serve their country, ready to go back to war and rejoin America's latest battle in Iraq. They belie the traditional image of countless older veterans of bygone wars who packed the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to hear the president speak. These three veterans are young and eager. And they all said they would rejoin their buddies back in Iraq tomorrow if it weren't for the...