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Flag planting launches Memorial Day at Arlington

Soldiers are placing more than 220,000 small U.S. flags at Arlington National Cemetery to mark the start of Memorial Day weekend activities.

Obama's 'to do' list for Congress: jobs, mortgages

Pressuring Congress, President Barack Obama is laying out an election year "to do" list Tuesday that urges lawmakers to take another look at economic proposals

First Lady to speak at Warrior Games

First lady Michelle Obama will speak Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Warrior Games, a competition for more than 200 wounded, ill and injured

Huff Post has a new answer to critics: A Pulitzer

The Huffington Post has its Pulitzer. David Wood's 10-part series on the struggles of wounded American soldiers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan,

Obama announces new housing initiatives

President Obama is announcing new mortgage relief for members of the military and veterans as well as homeowners with government-insured loans.

Obama to hold news conference, unveil housing plan

President Barack Obama is aiming mortgage relief at members of the military as well as homeowners with government-insured loans, the administration's latest

Obama salutes Iraq war vets at dinner

With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid solemn tribute to the many.

More cities consider Iraq vets parades

A St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering

Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs

President Barack Obama is proposing steps to help veterans find work as firefighters, cops and park rangers.

Obama wooing veterans in campaign

President Barack Obama ended one war and is winding down another, bringing home tens of thousands of U.S. troops. Now he wants them to pay him back -- with

Belgian nurse who saved GIs in WWII honored

A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given a U.S. award for valor

Pearl Harbor survivors group says it will disband

Veterans from Pearl Harbor observed the 70th anniversary of the attack Wednesday with a solemn ceremony at the site of the Japanese bombing, as an aging and

Japan FM feels 'deep emotion' about Pearl Harbor

Japan's foreign minister says he feels "deep emotion" about the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor attack remembered at 70th anniversary

The Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor and those who lost their lives that day are being remembered Wednesday on the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack

Dolittle's raid recalled 70 years later

Four survivors of the raid will be featured at a National World War II Museum symposium Wednesday through Friday focusing on the early months of American

Pearl Harbor survivors share stories of attack

Clarence Pfundheller ran up to the deck that Sunday morning to man a five-inch anti-aircraft gun. Seventy years later, he remembers struggling to shoot

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