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Meet the Texas Senator Who Couldn't Care Less About Our Vets

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. October 9, 2008.
Sen. John Cornyn doesn't support our troops or veterans.

U.S. Military Is Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers' 'Suicides'

Col. Ann Wright, Truthdig. September 10, 2008.
Our soldiers' families deserve better than that.

Troops Abroad Donate 6:1 to Obama Over McCain

Luke Rosiak, Open Secrets. August 20, 2008.
Soldiers also support Ron Paul over John McCain, suggesting troops want to get out of Iraq sooner than later.

Money Talks: The Troops are Saying 'Vote Obama'

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2008.
Obama has received nearly six times more in donations from soldiers deployed overseas than McCain has.

Servicemembers Tell All About Iraq and Afghanistan in Poignant New Series

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 2, 2008.
Brave New Foundation's "In Their Boots" premieres LIVE tonight at 7pm ET.

Soldiers Increasingly Take to Pill Popping to Cope with Fighting Bush's Wars

Jan Frel, AlterNet: DrugReporter. June 12, 2008.
12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills.

The War in Iraq Is Pure Murder

Chris Hedges, Tomdispatch.com. June 6, 2008.
We have embarked on an occupation that is as damaging to our souls as to our prestige and power and security.

America's Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers

Clayton Dach, Adbusters. May 3, 2008.
Armed with potent drugs and new technology, a dangerous breed of soldiers are being trained to fight America's future wars.

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. February 27, 2008.
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.

When AWOL Is the Only Escape -- A Patriot's Story

Sarah Olson, AlterNet. November 20, 2007.
What makes a soldier go AWOL -- and later turn himself in?

Brilliant Soldiers' Dissent

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 17, 2007.
The Iraq war has produced brilliant messages of dissent from the ranks that should cause us to stop in our tracks and reconsider what we have wrought.

Iraq War: Love and Personal Loss [Photo Essay]

Nina Berman, AlterNet. September 27, 2007.
Andrew Lichtenstein's new book, Never Coming Home, shows the faces behind the Iraq War casualty statistics.

Missing US soldiers highlight the cost of war

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 17, 2007.
Arianna Huffington: As progressive members of Congress fight to end the War in Iraq, the families of four missing soldiers must endure unimaginable anxiety.

Newly Out Gay Vet Urges Americans to End Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. March 5, 2007.
Eric Alva was the focus of a media blitz because of his war injuries. Now he's back in the spotlight -- for a different reason.

Love During a Time of War

AlterNetFebruary 14, 2007.
Former Marine Sgt. Ty Ziegel, wounded in Iraq in December 2004 by a suicide car bomber, stands with his high school sweetheart, Renee Kline, at a photo studio on the morning of their wedding day, October 7, 2006.

Are the deaths of our soldiers a waste of life?

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2007.
Terry Welch: Don't buy Malkin's BS about Obama, of course it's a waste...

PBS's NOW: Back to Iraq for 3rd or 4th tour... [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. January 19, 2007.
Soldiers' & families thoughts on returning to Iraq...

AWOL Soldiers Get Cold Shoulder from Canada

Mary Ambrose, New America Media. January 5, 2007.
Canada's official reception to war-resisting American soldiers resisting the Iraq war has been frosty.

Does the Military Send Sick Soldiers to War?

Nina Berman, AlterNet. November 3, 2006.
The Army wanted to make an example of Anthony Vanderpool. But what they may have done was make a mentally unbalanced man even worse.