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The amount of veteran news that comes through on a weekly and monthly basis can be overwhelming at times, often causing us to miss a good story or two. You are now in luck! Each month, the Veterans United Network will re-post some of the top stories from around the world, all in an easy, roundup format. Below you will find stories that not only come from our own blog, but from other news sources as well. 

Top Five

• Poll Shows Support Declining As Troops Remain in Afghanistan: Recently, a series of setbacks and bad judgment calls by troops in Afghanistan and Afghan soldiers have flooded newspapers, magazines and television, leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of Americans and the Afghan population alike.

• Millions Owed to Families in Foreclosure Deal: Any service members who were victims of illegal home foreclosure can expect some compensation through a $25 billion settlement announced this month by the Justice Department.

• Change in Deployment Leave Policy is a Breach of Trust for Soldiers: Last October, the Pentagon changed the amount of paid deployment leave awarded to the deployed Guard soldiers from four days a month to one day a month.

Also from around the network!

• Army Uses March to Spotlight Traumatic Brain Injury
• Understanding FMLA as a Military Family Member
• The VA Limits What Borrowers Can Pay in Closing Costs
• 7 Credit Card Mistakes to Avoid
• What ‘Army Wives’ Gets Wrong and Right About the Military Community
• Dream Vacation Discounts for Military Families
• 4 Tips for Sending Baked Goods in a Care Package
• Steps to Home Ownership: Fixing Credit Mistakes
• Accuracy: One of the First Casualties in Hollywood War Movies
• 5 Causes of Credit Rate Increases

Photo courtesy of The U.S. Army.