1. Taliban answers major offensive with sporadic resistance
  2. Sunni politician threatens boycott of Iraqi elections
  3. McChrystal Orders AAFES Scaled Back
  4. McChrystal: Afghan military push needs government
  5. U.S. Troops Patrol Haiti, Filling a Void
  6. Duty Completed, Soldier Serves By Helping Injured Vets
  7. Army wives with deployed husbands suffer higher mental health issues
  8. Study: Rapid morphine treatment may prevent PTSD
  9. U.S. Army To Create 'Business Czar' Post
  10. Is the Military Getting Soft?
  11. Grim record: Army suicides in 2009 hit highest level, accounts for 20% of national suicides
  12. Wife Says Military Spouses Also Face Suicide Risk
  13. Veteran Gives Insight on Suicide Prevention
  14. 'Real Warrior' Describes PTSD
  15. New facility will address TBI, PTSD in returning soldiers
  16. Suicide is rising among young male war veterans
  17. TRADOC predicts the future of warfare
  18. Red Cross sees spike in needs of military families
  19. Gov. Doyle: Urges Wisconsin employers to support veterans in return to civilian employment
  20. Warrior Games planned for wounded vets
  21. Free H1N1 vaccine offered to veterans
  22. GI Bill Helps Veterans and Their Families
  23. Hundreds of local soldiers have been injured in war
  24. Wisc. County Launches 'Veterans Court'
  25. Threatening troops may become a felony in SC
  26. Innovative Program to Help Paralyzed Veterans Secure Good Jobs and Careers in a Tough Economy
  27. Former POW uses her past experiences to help soldiers returning from war zones
  28. Surge in casualties predicted in Afghanistan
  29. TBI Clinics in Germany to Open in Early 2010
  30. Troubled Vet? Meet Homeless Pet
  31. Veterans turning to poetry to heal their war wounds
  32. Wounded, uprooted find solace at Fisher House
  33. DoD Finds Suicide Attempts on the Rise
  34. Families Can Now Greet Troops at Gates
  35. Mentors offer shoulder to cry on for military kids who've lost parents
  36. Mullen: Most surge troops on ground by August
  37. USA Cares PTSD/TBI Program Hits a Milestone
  38. Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance
  39. Volunteers lay wreaths at Arlington in holiday tribute to fallen veterans
  40. Conference Bill Includes $3.2 Billion for Homeless Vets in FY10
  41. Obama: Afghanistan troop drawdown won't be steep
  42. Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Afghanistan Troops
  43. McChrystal: ‘I don’t view July 2011 as a deadline’
  44. 2 studies: PTSD is chemical change in brain
  45. Military Rules Said to Hinder Therapy
  46. Gates arrives in Afghanistan ahead of first Marines
  47. Family support 'vital' for servicemembers being deployed
  48. Mullen to soldiers: Afghan casualties will rise
  49. ‘The type of guy that runs to the sound of gunfire’
  50. Missed signs puzzling as Hasan picture emerges
  51. Fort Hood unit deploys despite losing soldiers
  52. Old technology impeding some GI Bill payments
  53. Hearing held for Drum soldier in stabbings
  54. Obama: 30,000 to Afghanistan by summer
  55. Off to the Army -- a soldier's story
  56. The Surge is on
  57. Obama's Afghan plan: Will it work?
  58. Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan
  59. Brigade teams bring mental health to Fort Campbell
  60. GAO: Many health assessment forms go missing
  61. Military Testing to Predict PTSD
  62. Obama Says He Is Close to Afghan War Decision
  63. Army Suicides Set Another Yearly Record
  64. Chaplains: We are traumatized, too
  65. Bill seeks to repay vets for medical travel
  66. Senators propose GI Bill cash for apprenticeships, job training
  67. Obama Promises to Rally Public Behind Troops
  68. Troop Morale Down in Afghanistan, Study Shows
  69. Old Vets Scorched By Strain of New Wars
  70. Victims Remembered for Their Dedication
  71. Suicide awareness guide now available for leaders
  72. Secretary Shinseki Details Plan to End Veteran Homelessness
  73. A Combat Role, and Anguish, Too
  74. President Obama Declares November Military Family Month
  75. VA and DoD Announce Disability Evaluation System Pilot Expansion
  76. Helping Military Children Deal with Deployment
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Bill seeks to repay vets for medical travel
source: The Associated Press
date: November 15th, 2009

BOISE, Idaho — Rep. Walt Minnick says he intends to introduce a bill this week in the U.S. House that would require the government to reimburse veterans for health care related travel costs.

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