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More than a Day of Remembrance
Veterans Day is next Tuesday. Our nation has seen twelve years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war has…
Read MoreHomeless Women Vets: No Housing and Lack of Accountability
As the Women Veterans Outreach Coordinator at the National Veterans Foundation, I work with many veterans who are struggling to…
Read MoreVet-to-Vet: How We Know It Works
As Veterans Day approaches, I wanted to highlight a couple of veterans’ successes by sharing stories that show the importance…
Read MoreFence jumper brings issue of troubled veterans to Obama’s door
From the Washington Post – Shad Meshad, president and founder of the National Veterans Foundation, thinks Obama should talk to Gonzalez.…
Read MoreTribute to Robin Williams: the NVF Honors a Silent Benefactor
It was 1987, a little over ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, when Good Morning, Vietnam opened…
Read MoreThe Vietnam Experience Changed My Life
“The Vietnam experience changed my life. I knew that if I survived Vietnam when I got back I owed it…
Read MoreNew Rules May Allow Benefits Long Denied to Vietnam-Era Veterans
From the New York Times Thousands of Vietnam-era veterans barred from receiving benefits because of less-than-honorable discharges may be eligible…
Read MoreTreating PTSD: Maybe It’s Time for Another Look at Our Options
From Shad Meshad’s Blog at the Huffington Post Just about the time I was working to develop and lobby for…
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