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The Washington Post
Just a few decades ago, veterans made up more than 70 percent of Congress. An ingrained commitment to public service brought these Democrats and Republicans together to put country over party. These members’'primary obligation was to patriotic service, not partisan politics. Now, veteran representation in Congress is near a historic low of 18 percent. Congress, often paralyzed by debilitating bickering and gridlock, is consistently rated as one of the least trusted institutions in the United States. These trends are not a coincidence.
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Stars and Stripes
Four congressmen urged the FBI to investigate "foreign entities" believed to be targeting service members and veterans online with false information.
Reps. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., Don Bacon, R-Neb., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Greg Steube, R-Fla., wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray, asking for an investigation into "suspicious" social media accounts that could be impersonating veterans service organizations.
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Military Times
A group of Senate lawmakers is again arguing that if veterans are overpaid on benefits because of accounting errors, they shouldn't be punished for the federal government's mistakes.
Legislation introduced March 20 would require changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs handles benefit corrections, including limiting the amount they can withhold from veterans’ future payouts to cover the debt.
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Military.com
Employers increasingly are finding that veterans are the right fit for jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, according to a study by Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families.
Working off data from the American Community Survey of the Census Bureau for 2012-2016, the IVMF researchers concluded that military service was a main factor contributing to job growth for veterans in emerging technology fields.
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WFAA
Amazon passed on setting up its second headquarters in the DFW metroplex. But, as it passed Microsoft as the largest and most valuable company in the United States, the online retail giant still came to places like North Texas, looking for people to join its ever-growing team.
Blake Vaughn is exponentially glad to the company chose him. Vaughn is a Navy veteran. He was an ordnance officer who spent endless hours counting missiles and bombs. But, now a civilian entrepreneur, he was looking for something new.
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Mililtary Times Rebootcamp
Current and former service members are in many ways the ideal loan recipients, mortgage experts say.
"We know the veteran for the most part is someone who's going to be reliable, disciplined and has the ethos of, 'I have an obligation and I'm going to take care of it,'" said Tom Lynch, executive chairman of the mortgage company NewDay USA.
That sentiment should boost the confidence of any troops or veterans looking for the best mortgage options for buying their first homes. As should the benefits of VA loans, which offer generous terms to veterans that civilians can't get.
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By Kristin Brandenburg
 March 29 marks the second anniversary of the creation of National Vietnam War Veterans Day — a date that was officially signed into law by President Trump on March 28, 2017, by way of the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017. March 29 is significant to the Vietnam War, as it marks the date on which the last U.S. combat troops — including the POWs who were being held in North Vietnam — were withdrawn from the Southeast Asia Theater and returned to American soil in 1973.
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Marijuana Moment
U.S. military veterans from diverse backgrounds have been testifying before Congress in recent weeks about the need to expand Department of Veterans Affairs research into medical marijuana's benefits.
At a series of joint House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearings, representatives of Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and other groups have discussed their legislative priorities for the 116th Congress — cannabis reform being one of them.
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HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
More U.S. veterans are at increased risk for heart disease, a looming public health problem, researchers say.
They analyzed data from more than 153,000 people who took part in the National Health Interview Survey, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Vets between the ages of 35 and 70 reported significantly more heart conditions than nonveterans, the data showed.
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Military.com
Post-9/11 active-duty veterans have disability rates significantly higher than those of previous generations, according to a government report.
About 41 percent of those who served after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in Afghanistan, Iraq and other war zones have disability ratings from the Department of Veterans Affairs, compared to 25 percent of veterans of other eras, according to the annual survey of veterans employment and status by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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WBTW
On average, 22 military veterans commit suicide each day, but a few vets are on a mission to change that by traveling to gyms across the country, building comradery through fitness.
The nonprofit, Lift for the 22, named for the 22 vets that commit suicide each day, works to connect veterans to each other and to local resources.
Lift for the 22 made a stop at Crossfit No Slack in Murrells Inlet during their national tour. There, Dan Newberry, fitness director for Lift for the 22, coached a free workout class for vets. As an Army veteran, Newberry found himself struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression after returning home from serving overseas.
As an Army veteran, Newberry found himself struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression after returning home from serving overseas.
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