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		<title>Pentagon Under-reports Injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan exceed 500,000 as of June, 2010]]></description>
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		<title>Facing Your Fears: Life After War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Timothy Caldwell Helps Create a Community for Veterans
Timothy Caldwell is a Vietnam Veteran, a father, an author, a Professor of Music at Central Michigan University for over 35 years. He is a noted critic of the government’s treatment of troops returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other wars. Caldwell has appeared on radio stations throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War and Memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day, 1970: I was soldier in Vietnam.  By 1970, almost 48,000 American soldiers had been killed. Anti-war protests were wide-spread and growing in number as the protesters were attempting to wake up the nation and stop the war.
Memorial Day, 2010: 4404 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq; 1000 Americans have died in Afghanistan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our country has a very short memory. People who were not in the war are quick to forget, and the generations of Americans who have been born since the war have little understanding of what it cost our society in lives and treasure.]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Suicide Rates Still Climbing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suicide rates are still climbing]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers in Uniform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day. In our quest for normalcy, it is easy to forget that there are fathers and mothers in Iraq, and in the almost forgotten war in Afghanistan, who would prefer to be with their children at home than where they are. If you know a mother or father who won’t be home for the holiday, send them a card or an email.]]></description>
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		<title>Good News for Veterans&#8217; Caregivers-Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Service Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our veterans have given selflessly for their country, and we have a moral obligation to provide them with the support they need when they come home. 
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		<title>A Family Tied in Yellow Ribbon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suicide rates among soldiers are the highest they have been in nearly three decades and are exceeding suicide rates for the general population. There are months that there are more suicides among soldiers than soldiers killed in the line of duty. ]]></description>
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		<title>Local author earns national kudos for fictionalized memoir of Vietnam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT PLEASANT — A local resident’s first published work of fiction has received recognition on a national stage.
“The Chaplain’s Assistant: God, Country, and Vietnam,” a novel by Mount Pleasant resident Timothy Caldwell, recently was honored as a finalist in the Military Fiction category of the 2009 Ellen Reid National Indie Excellence Book Awards.
Caldwell, who wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerful New Book Sheds Light on Returning Soldiers&#8217; Ongoing Battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;The Chaplain&#8217;s Assistant,&#8221; a young soldier discovers the toughest battle he must win is not in the rice paddies of Vietnam, but within himself.
Mount Pleasant, MI – August 1, 2008 –  The Chaplain’s Assistant, a powerful new novel by author JT Caldwell, follows a year in the life of a soldier whose innocence [...]]]></description>
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