VA head visits with local veterans

MANKATO — Mike Anderson, a formerly homeless Vietnam veteran, had a large and interesting group of visitors Wednesday morning to his home overlooking Lake Dorothy on Mankato's northeast side.

Garden Grove Veterans Advocate Seizes on Sliver in President Obama's Iraq Speech

President Barack Obama's Tuesday evening speech announcing the end of major combat operations in Iraq generated heat on both sides of the aisle, with Republicans complaining he did not give George W.

Iraq vet: Wounds outlast combat

As President Obama told the nation that combat had ended in Iraq on Tuesday night, a couple of veterans stood in the Wichita Central Library telling a few dozen people the war was not over, and speaking of the hidden wounds carried by its soldiers.

Pelosi pledges that Congress will 'leave no veteran behind'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday trumpeted congressional efforts to boost the nation's veterans and pledged ongoing support for American soldiers returning from war.

Addiction Is A Criminal Offense Not a Sickness

Addiction is about pain it is about the denied and wounded spirit. Don't ever forget that some of the most creative people in history were addicts. Creativity causes pain it rips open the fabric of society and forces people to look upon their own ugliness sometimes too.