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Jobless Warrior Announces Official Launch

Jobless Warrior has more than 100 volunteer career professionals registered to provide pro bono, job preparation services to veterans.

(CUMBERLAND, RI) - Jobless Warrior, a new online career enhancing service for veterans, is proud to announce its official nationwide launch of services.

Veterans can now visit joblesswarrior.org to request free resume help, connect with a career coach, join a job networking group, and more.

George Zimmerman to be Charged in Trayvon Martin Shooting Death

The special prosecutor voided her option of charging Zimmerman with 1st-degree Murder.

(SANFORD, FL) - Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey announced plans to charge 28-year old George Zimmerman in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. It was not immediately clear exactly what charge or charges Zimmerman will face.

The special prosecutor is expected to announce the criminal charges against George Zimmerman Wednesday afternoon, a law enforcement official told NBC News.

Help the Family of a Rhode Island National Guard Hero

“Actions speak louder than words”

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks.

Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters.

Fiery Crash of Navy Jet Spares All

Five of the six injured people were reportedly released from the hospital before 6:00 p.m. before local time.

(VIRGINIA BEACH) - A U.S. Navy FA/18-D jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach today, just after take-off. Amazingly, according to reports, nobody died in the violent crash, however six people in the low-rise apartment complex were injured and transported from the scene.

The scene was described as a a massive inferno as the video clearly shows. The two naval aviators aboard the plane both survived.

Iran/Israel Locked in Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) Deterrence Status

…and it’s potentially beneficial for peace in the region.

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), the doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of high-yield weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the potential annihilation of both sides.

Thus is becomes a war that has no victor but only reciprocal destruction; increasingly becoming relevant in Iran/Israel relations.

A Veteran`s Plea To Our Congress And Senate

Veterans are easily forgotten by our legislators, until we remind them of who we are and why we fought for America’s freedom and why you may one day need help.

(MEDIA, PA) - Veterans who are in need of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care and due process of disability claims, it is our Government’s obligation to take responsibility and be sympathetic to those in need, The American people need to query their members of Congress and Senate.

Why won’t they help our veterans in need? We Vietnam veterans who are sick need the help of our Congress and Senate. Please do what is right.

Duff on Press TV - `Americans Ashamed of Troops` Atrocities in Afghanistan

Sunday Night, April Fools Day, 2012 Deadbeat Congressman Joe Walsh Goes Nuts.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - Since the beginning of 2012, seventeen foreign troops have been shot dead by Afghan personnel in 10 separate attacks.

Tensions have mounted between Afghan and US-led NATO forces this year due to a series of incidents at the hands of US troops.

The `Curveball` that Took Americans to War and Killed Over a Million

In case you missed the story of the Iraqi curveball, a defector named Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi.

(SALEM) - As we lament the status of the war in Afghanistan; a situation that will soon simply be abandoned and lost... we are offered a reminder of what part of this went terribly wrong. It's called Iraq.

Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed Curveball, carries the dubious honor of having convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons program.

Dennis Weichel Reminds Us Who Americans Really Are

Dennis Weichel's heroic death brings us the other side of the story in Afghanistan.

(SALEM) - The story of Rhode Island soldier Dennis Weichel makes it easy to remember why I left Afghanistan in 2007 thinking that a lot of good Americans were engaged in that conflict.

They were there then and they are there now, as this father of three who gave his life to save an Afghan child, showed us.

Support USMC K-9 Combat Veteran MWD Sgt Beyco

SUPPORT Sgt Beyco by submitting your VOTE at www.herodogawards.org for BEYCO. Sgt Beyco is listed in the Military Dog Category.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Marine Corps MP Explosive Detection Dog and Military Working Dog Sgt Beyco, a K-9 Combat Veteran, has entered the 2012 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards Contest and needs your support and VOTES.

MWD Beyco worked and gave her whole life to the MARINE CORPS and was honored to be a MWD MARINE. She retired November 10, 2011 at Cherry Point, North Carolina.