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Bill Moyers Journal: The New Jersey National Guard Goes to Iraq
Bill Moyers Journal aired a report on the New Jersey National Guard’s deployment to Iraq. Moyers examines the effect on the state’s readiness to respond to a crisis, how soldiers are coping, and the financial and emotional toll the deployment is taking on Guard families.
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VFA recently released a report on the disproportionate burden of the Iraq war that our National Guard is bearing. The New Jersey National Guard has been hit particularly hard. When the 50th Brigade Combat Team leaves Ft. Bliss, TX and goes to Iraq, roughly half of the NJ National Guard will be in Iraq — and 30% of the NJ Guard has already been there.
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6 Years
Today is the sixth anniversary of the start of our most recent war in Iraq. News reports marking the occasion will no doubt note that combat deaths are now lower than at earlier stages in this war — a silver…
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