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Candidates need to address National Guard issues, group says (www.pennlive.com)

Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard "have borne a disproportionate share of the burdens of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," according to a veterans advocacy group. That means they're... More

Tags: 2008 elections,presidential candidates,pennsylvania,pennsylvania national guard,iraq,afghanistan,wars,veterans,ptsd,veterans for america

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The Alaska Army National Guard: A ‘Tremendous Shortfall.’ (www.veteransforamerica.org)

Veterans for America, also known as Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, has a thirty-year history of working on behalf of America’s veterans and servicemembers. VFA’s work supporting... More

Tags: alaska,alaska national guard,vfa,veterans for america,vietnam veterans of america foundation,veterans

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The Alaska Army National Guard: A 'Tremendous Shortfall' (www.marketwatch.com)

Veterans for America's (VFA) National Guard Program releases its final report on the Alaska National Guard. "VFA agrees strongly with Lieutenant General (Alaska) Craig Campbell, adjutant general of... More

Tags: alaska,alaska national guard,vfa,veterans for america,craig campbell,sarah palin,alaska guard troops

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VFA Remembers the Forgotten Sacrifices of Our National Guard (www.marketwatch.com)

VFA can say without equivocation that the needs of members of the National Guard -- our citizen Soldiers -- and their families across the United States are daunting and growing. Unfortunately, judging... More

Tags: national guard,veterans for america,vfa,soldiers,john mccain,barack obama,presidential debate

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Veterans Group Links Sarah Palin to Problems in Alaska National Guard (www.politicalaffairs.net)

A preliminary report released earlier this month by Veterans for America (VFA) held Gov. Sarah Palin in no small part responsible for enormous difficulties faced by Alaska National Guard members... More

Tags: vfa,veterans for america,sarah palin,alaska,alaska national guard,iraq,afghanistan

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Alaska National Guard rebuts scathing report by veterans group (newsminer.com)

The group Veterans for America is using the Alaska National Guard to smear Gov. Sarah Palin, the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs said Monday. A draft report... More

Tags: alaska,alaska national guard,national guard,vfa,veterans for america,sarah palin,alaska department of military and veterans affairs

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Commander in Chief: Alaska’s crumbling National Guard (minnesotaindependent.com)

The latest iteration of this formula comes to us by way of Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell, commissioner of the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, who groaned yesterday that a Veterans for... More

Tags: alaska,national guard,alaska national guard,sarah palin,alaska department of military and veterans affairs,vfa,veterans for america

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Guard disputes report of inadequacies (www.ktuu.com)

A national veterans' advocacy group says members of Alaska's National Guard are not getting adequate care when they return from deployment. The group is calling for the Guard to stop...

Tags: alaska national guard,veterans for america,soldier care

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Group calls for changes in Alaska Guard (www.militarytimes.com)

A report by a nonpartisan veterans group is slamming the ongoing deployments of the Alaska National Guard to Iraq and Afghanistan. Washington, D.C.-based Veterans For America released the report... More

Tags: veterans for america,vfa,alaska,alaska national guard,deployments,iraq,afghanistan

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Advocacy group assails care of Alaska Guard (thesewardphoenixlog.com)

A national military advocacy group says the post-deployment challenges facing Alaska’s Army National Guard are more daunting and widespread than any the group has seen.

Tags: alaska national guard,military advocacy,veterans for america,army national guard

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