When you make purchases through J. Stockard this Holiday Season, they will match...dollar for dollar...the amount of your purchase with donated fly tying kits sent to deployed soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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No one met Bob Woods at the St. Louis airport in 1971 when he came home from war, and he has never forgotten it. No one visited Wayne Cox's mother in support while he, his brother and his father were all in Vietnam in 1969. That still bothers him.

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DALLAS - Frank Larison is a disabled veteran with more than 14 years of service, including more than a year of combat duty in Vietnam.

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December 25, 2008 The Record, Bergen County, NJ TRENTON, N.J. -- A box of cell phones and cards meant as a Christmas gift for troops was stolen from a state legislator's office over the weekend.

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While the Pentagon preps for a new administration, a scandal from an earlier era is rearing its head. A Defense Department project, supposedly designed to support U.S. troops, was used instead to channel millions of dollars to personal friends and allies of its chief.

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GREAT article on the hypocrisy of the McCain camp saying Obama voted against funding for the troops because the bill didn't include a timeline for withdrawal, when McCain himself voted against funding for the troops because the bill DID include a timeline for withdrawal. .

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Notice the following:

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In Chicago, pan pizza rules. But in Iraq it's more like panned pizza, as the military serves a ketchup/sliced hot dog mutant. (At least the crust isn't a bun.)

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The organization "Operation: A Bit of Home" is encouraging people to send their unwanted DVDs to troops stationed overseas. With the help of "Operation: A Bit of Home," troops in Iraq now have their own DVD lending library.

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With Berkeley insulting the U.S.

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A sad statement about our celebrity obsessed culture...

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This is a wonderful article about how the notes, letters, gifts, that we send to the troops in Iraq make them feel that they are our heros and are appreciated. I would urge each and every reader of this to do something similar. I have done some things, how about you?

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Go Colts and Support the Troops created with footage and photos from the US Military (thanks to www.dvidshub.net). If you enjoyed this video, please send it to your friends ...

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"On September 27th 204 Marines and soldiers who were returning from Iraq were not allowed into the passenger terminal at Oakland International Airport.

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This is almost Deja Vu since I wrote a USO article yesterday, I hope some will take advantage of this program.

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Memories and Reflections: The USO

I don't think I'd ever been more tired in my life, I was one of a small team that worked like maniacs to send all of our aircraft back home before we got to grab our stuff and run like mad to a civilian airport and finally wing out way back home. I felt foul.

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Some TRICARE Prime Networks Seen Too Costly To Keep

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So there, Democrats who are wavering on troop reduction, and Republicans who refuse to support it. Virtually every single one of you is defying the will of your constituents. They want out. You want to stay.

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Here's an idea for an "incentive-based" solution to paying the costs -- human and financial -- of the ongoing occupation of Iraq.

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Seventy two percent of U.S. troops in Iraq believe the United States should pull out within one year, a column by Nicholas Kristof in Tuesday's New York Times reveals.

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My Response to Newsvine Regarding Deleted "Bodhi1" Article

UPDATE 4/16 - Thanks to the NV staff the article has been reinstated... big thanks to everyone who added their support for a free and open debate!

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Dear BODHI1, Debate this.

He may be sick of debating these topics, but myself and every other free-thinker out there isn't. Sick or not, we will debate until the truth be told. For those who haven't already, please read Bodhi1's article on 6 Things I Am Tired of Debating - My Response

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6 Things I Am Tired of Debating - My Response

There are a number of things that liberals and conservatives go back and forth on daily.

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Support THIS?

"I Support President Bush and Our Troops" I'm sure we've all seen the car sticker, self-righteously sticking it to the liberals and damning their patriotism by (non)association. But the slogan is an oxymoron; the two are mutually exclusive.

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Affordable mental-health care took another blow last month, when Medicare and Tricare - one of the few health-care options for military veterans and their families - reduced the amount it will pay providers.

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