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1. President Obama Launches Major Veterans Employment Initiative

   
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   Initiative Would Transform Federal Government into Model of Veterans Employment Washington, DC – Today, the White […] America’s veterans.  This evening, President Obama will be joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of […] sign an Executive Order on the Employment of Veterans in the federal government, which establishes the Veterans Employment
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2. Coburn: Objection is cost, not veterans

   
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   The senator holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health bill doesn’t hate veterans and their families, but […] using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to offer amendments to pay for […] caregivers of seriously wounded combat veterans.Coburn spokesman John Hart said the senator has questions about the new benefit
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3. Ruth Stonesifer: Veterans Day: Not for Sale

   
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   This Veterans Day, Nov. 11, many of us will gather in town squares, main streets, and school gymnasiums across the […] blush with guilty recognition. Im hoping it also jolts some to act and help transform Veterans Day back to its original […] mission. In the beginning, Veterans Day was not for sale. Fifty-five years ago, inspired by a group of storekeepers in
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4. Coburn: Objection is cost, not veterans

   
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   The senator holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health bill doesn’t hate veterans and their families, but […] using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to offer amendments to pay for […] caregivers of seriously wounded combat veterans.Coburn spokesman John Hart said the senator has questions about the new benefit
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5. Sen. blocking bill: Objection is cost, not vets

   
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   The senator holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health bill doesn’t hate veterans and their families, but […] using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to offer amendments to pay for […] caregivers of seriously wounded combat veterans.Coburn spokesman John Hart said the senator has questions about the new benefit
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6. War of words heats up over vets bill blockage

   
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   The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee remains hopeful that a roadblock holding up consideration of an […] omnibus veterans’ health care bill can be cleared early next week.Speaking Friday on the Senate floor about a procedural hold […] that is blocking passage of S. 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D
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7. Sen. blocking bill: Objection is cost, not vets

   
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   The senator holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health bill doesn’t hate veterans and their families, but […] using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to offer amendments to pay for […] caregivers of seriously wounded combat veterans.Coburn spokesman John Hart said the senator has questions about the new benefit
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8. Coburn named as senator holding up vets bill

   
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   Thirteen major military and veterans groups have joined forces to try to force one senator — Republican Tom Coburn of […] Oklahoma — to release a hold that he has placed on a major veterans benefits bill.Coburn has been identified by Senate aides as […] the lawmaker preventing consideration of S 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009, by using
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9. Coburn: Objection is cost, not veterans

   
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   The senator holding up consideration of an omnibus veterans’ health bill doesn’t hate veterans and their families, but […] using Senate rules to block a vote on S 1963, a major veterans bill, unless he has the chance to offer amendments to pay for […] caregivers of seriously wounded combat veterans.Coburn spokesman John Hart said the senator has questions about the new benefit
   6 days ago

10. War of words heats up over vets bill blockage

    
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    The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee remains hopeful that a roadblock holding up consideration of an […] omnibus veterans’ health care bill can be cleared early next week.Speaking Friday on the Senate floor about a procedural hold […] that is blocking passage of S. 1963, the Veterans’ Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D
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