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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; veterans</title>
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		<title>Post office to be named for soldier slain in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/12/post-office-to-be-named-for-soldier-slain-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Mountain View post office will be named Saturday in honor of a local soldier who was killed in Iraq. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who authored the bill to dedicate the post office in honor of U.S. Army Lt. Kenneth Ballard, will attend the 1 p.m. ceremony at which a memorial plaque will be unveiled at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown signs veterans&#8217; bills, jabs at Senate GOP</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/20/brown-signs-veterans-bills-jabs-at-senate-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/20/brown-signs-veterans-bills-jabs-at-senate-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown signed a slew of bills today – including two from Bay Area lawmakers – to improve services and opportunities for California’s veterans, and he used the occasion to take a swipe at U.S. Senate Republicans. “Yesterday, a bill to invest in job training for veterans was blocked because of Washington political infighting,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area gets $7.4 mil to hire veterans as cops</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/25/bay-area-gets-7-4-mil-to-hire-veterans-as-cops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/25/bay-area-gets-7-4-mil-to-hire-veterans-as-cops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Justice Department today announced more than $111 million in Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding awards to more than 220 cities and counties to create or save about 800 law enforcement positions. All of the 600-plus new positions must be filled by veterans who served at least 180 days since Sept. 11, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McNerney grills VA on Oakland office&#8217;s backlog</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/19/mcnerney-grills-va-on-oakland-offices-backlog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/04/19/mcnerney-grills-va-on-oakland-offices-backlog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney asked the Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday why Northern California veterans are getting the short end of the stick. At a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, McNerney, D-Pleasanton, sought answers about a backlog of veterans’ benefits claims at the VA’s Oakland regional office, which serves all of Northern California. He and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Cabinet members in Bay Area this week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/13/four-cabinet-members-in-bay-area-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/13/four-cabinet-members-in-bay-area-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Honda]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it’s Cabinet week in the Bay Area. I just covered U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (accompanied by Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt) talking about FAA, surface transportation and job creation bills out at the Oakland International Airport control tower construction site. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in the Bay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area gets grants to aid homeless veterans</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/19/bay-area-gets-grants-to-aid-homeless-veterans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/19/bay-area-gets-grants-to-aid-homeless-veterans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than $3.4 million in federal Housing and Urban Development and VA grants are going to several Bay Area public housing authorities to supply permanent housing and case management for homeless veterans, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki announced today. Veterans taking part in the Housing and Urban Development&#8217;s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program (HUD-VASH) program rent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the East Bay&#8217;s veterans of the year</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/22/meet-the-east-bays-veterans-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/22/meet-the-east-bays-veterans-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of the East Bay’s Assembly members named a Veteran of the Year this week, to be recognized at the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee’s annual luncheon today in Sacramento. Read all about these inspirational vets, after the jump… In the 11th District, Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, picked Nathan Johnson of Concord. Johnson served in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money for veteran event may be restored</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/25/money-for-veteran-event-may-be-restored/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/25/money-for-veteran-event-may-be-restored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[veterans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A successful amendment passed today to a House defense authorization bill would restore federal dollars for East Bay Stand Down, an annual event in Pleasanton that provides aide to homeless military veterans. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, authored the amendment. Under the original version of the National Defense Authorization Act, according to McNerney&#8217;s office, funding was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Congressional odds and ends</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/24/todays-congressional-odds-and-ends-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/24/todays-congressional-odds-and-ends-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 21:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McNerney seeks jobs for vets: Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, today announced he’s among the co-authors of the bipartisan Hiring Heroes Act of 2011, aimed at helping reduce unemployment among veterans. Among other provisions, H.R. 1941 aims to ensure every veteran takes part in the Transition Assistance Program – which provides information about transitioning from military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McNerney pushes VA on Livermore, San Joaquin</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/09/mcnerney-pushes-va-on-livermore-san-joaquin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/09/mcnerney-pushes-va-on-livermore-san-joaquin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney says he went to bat for a couple of 11th Congressional District projects as well as veterans across the nation in his one-on-one meeting today with U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. McNerney, D-Pleasanton – who had announced yesterday that he’ll be the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on [...]]]></description>
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