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(Video) Wisconsin native and Iraq War vet critically injured by police in Occupy Oakland protest

By | 10.26.11 | 5:34 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

A former Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq was critically injured in Tuesday night’s police crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters in Oakland, Calif.

Andrew Connolly Veterans’ Housing Act gets nod from U.S. House subcommittee

By | 05.05.11 | 4:53 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Members of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Development gave their unanimous seal of approval Thursday to a five-year extension of a program to help injured and disabled veterans retrofit their homes. U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, author of the bill, said much of the credit goes to a Dubuque veteran More…

Anti-War Libertarian Activist Running for Congress

By | 05.01.09 | 12:23 pm

Adam Kokesh, a libertarian Marine Corps veteran who became a fairly prominent anti-Iraq War activist, is running for Congress as an independent in New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District.

After leaving the Marine Corps, I joined the monumental fight to end the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, bring our

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