Veterans lead way for US women
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Sue Bird, the No. 1 pick in the 2002 WNBA draft, didn&#39;t get many minutes at the Athens Games. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY. In the gold medal game, a 74-63 victory against Australia, she played just one.
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While Nancy Pelosi's rise to U.S. House Speaker is a milestone for women in national politics, women are still waiting their turn at the state level.
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5650011 An Iraqi woman walks past armored US military vehicles in the Dora section of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday. (AP /Khalid Mohammed) CAPTION 1 EDWARD HARRIS.
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A group of local veterans is standing behind John Kerry&#39;s bid for the White House. The group blasted TV ads by the &quot;Swift Boat Veterans For Truth&quot; which question Kerry&#39;s service record in Vietnam.
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The Hall of Fame released the latest Veterans Committee ballot yesterday. As you might (or might not) remember, there&#39;s a (nearly) new committee in town.
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The District of Columbia ranks ahead of all 50 states in women's median wage, while Maryland is a close second and Virginia ranks eighth, according to a new state-by-state report on the status of women.
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When it comes to the advancement of women in the workplace, progress is almost never sudden. But often it is steady.
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ATHENS -- For a team that hasn't lost an important international game in a decade, the United States women are fast becoming what we all thought the US men would be -- undisputed worldbeaters.
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CUMBERLAND, Md. -- When Army reservists from the 372d Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will probably come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another.
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Servicemen and women who died in wars are remembered across Wales on Remembrance Day.
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The roster of the dead in Iraq is a portrait of a military in transition, with ever-widening roles and costs for the country's part-time soldiers, women and Hispanics.
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Iraq veteran Peter Reid has gotten a boost from LeAnn Rimes.
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In 11 House districts, including one in Pennsylvania, both candidates are women.
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AFP (LONDON) - Women who kept Britain supplied with food and timber during World War II can now apply for a commemorative badge to recognise their efforts.
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Margie Black had wanted to enter the military as a teenager, but having her first child at 19 put off her ambitions. So when she learned the Army raised its enlistment age, Black, now a 41-year-old grandmother from West Columbia, Texas, didn't hesitate to join. The decision took "about 30 seconds," she said.
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Badly wounded in Iraq, Army Spec. Rosetta Floyd joined other US veterans at a dedication ceremony on Wednesday for a new Smithsonian exhibition tracking 250 years of American military conflicts.
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enator John Kerry and President Bush competed today for military and veterans&#39; votes by promising to take better care of the nation&#39;s men and women in uniform and their families at home.