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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

VA Builds Sense Of Community Among Vets To Lower Suicide Rates

Comments (0) | african-american suicide, black women suicide, department of veterans affairs, Health, Los Angeles suicide rate, Maritza Moulite, VA, VA crisis line, Veteran Suicide

Maritza Moulite
Staff Reporter

The military wants to better understand lies behind African American women's low suicide rates. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama Signs Bill To Increase Funding For Veterans Affairs

Comments (1) | department of veterans affairs, healthcare, National, President Obama, Robert A. McDonald, VA hospital, veterans affairs scandal, veterans healthcare bill

Veterans will no longer be denied basic healthcare benefits. (elisa.rolle, Wikimedia Commons)

Ashley Yang
Executive Producer

The bill will help remedy the abuses from recently exposed cover-ups in the VA hospital system. 

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Transgender Bill Passed By The New Jersey Senate

Comments (0) | bill, birth certificate, department of veterans affairs, Governor Chris Christie, National, New Jersey, reassignment surgery, social security administration, state senate, Trans* rights, transgender, U.S. State Department

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Trans* residents wait for Governor Chris Christie to sign or veto the bill. 

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Veterans Wait Longer For Benefits Under Obama

Comments (0) | Afghanistan, Barack Obama, center for investigative reporting, department of veterans affairs, Iraq, National, obama administration, VA, veterans, veterans affairs, veterans benefits, veterans under obama administration

Michael Juliani
Executive Producer

The number waiting more than a year has increased by 2000 percent.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Cures For L.A.'s 8,000 Homeless Veterans

Comments (4) | ACLU of Southern California, Air Force, army, Barack Obama, coast guard, david cota, department of housing and urban development, department of veterans affairs, eric shinseki, Iraq War, Los Angeles, los angeles va medical center, marines, navy, Stephen Peck, The Vet Hunters Project, U.S. Vets, us armed forces, us military, War in Afghanistan, war in iraq

Aaron Schrank
Staff Reporter

The boom in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans won't make it easy to end veteran homelessness by 2015.

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