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Here are the top stories this week related to our soldiers here and abroad, taken from the Our Troops Newsladder.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker not to "put a shine on recent events" in next weeks congressional testimony. (politico.com)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that an unspecified number of additional troops would be added to the force in Afghanistan next year. The force currently numbers at about 31,000. (armytimes.com)
We at Veterans For America released two new reports this week: "The Consequences of Churning, about the toll that repeated deployments are taking on frontline Army units, and "Weekend Warriors to Frontline Soldiers", about the effects felt by National Guard combat teams. (veteransforamerica.org)
The National Lawyers Guild (NLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit this week to ensure the civil rights of Iraq War dissenters. (veteransforcommonsense.org
Lastly, New York Senator Charles Schumer and Virginia Senator Jim Webb are co-sponsoring a plan to create a bigger and better GI Bill that extends benefits and offers more money for living costs and educational programs, in an effort to update the program which has not been amended since the end of World War II. (wwnytv.net)
Veterans of America is proud to sponsor the Our Troops Newsladder, a new tool to find the top news and articles in the progressive community by, about and for our troops.
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