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VFW bashes The Economist for taking ‘turkey-sized dump’ on disabled vets

Patrick Murray of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has produced a rebuttal to a recent article calling for reducing veteran’s disability benefits that only a combat veteran could write.

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Soldier ran half-baked pie scam to win COVID loans, feds say

A soldier said “Granny’s Delight” bakery sold his grandmother’s pies. Federal authorities say it was a half-baked scam to collect COVID-relief loans.

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A push to cut veterans disability benefits is gaining traction, experts warn

Veterans’ benefits earned through two decades of sustained war are now under attack as “absurdly generous.”

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After a new soldier’s death, his unit worked around the clock to make his final uniform perfect

New to the unit, Pfc. Dillion Easton’s fellow soldiers hardly knew him, but after his sudden death, they did everything they could to prepare him for his funeral. 

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