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November 2009 Headlines

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Baseball

• Legion Baseball team sends military care packages
• Team registration process to go electronic Jan. 1

Citizenship

• Marines naturalized at Corps' birthday ceremony

Convention & Meetings

• Milwaukee offers several transportation rental possibilities

General News

• Nearly 9,000 cast votes in Fort Hood poll
• Indianapolis community honors its active-duty military and veterans
• Hill praises veterans of Berlin Airlift
• Busy Veterans Day for Commander Hill
• High traffic temporarily idles new site
• Hill praises veterans during college address
• American Legion launches new Web site

Legion Racing

• Freedom Car driver captures rookie title
• Freedom Car races for rookie honors

Legion Riders

• Riders staying busy across the country
• Dates set for 2010 Legacy Run
• Maryland Legion Riders launching charity cruise

Legislative Action Center

• Boehner: National system could hurt VA
• Pelosi speaks with Legion Magazine
• VSOs send letter of thanks to Reid

Library & Museum

• Pershing made lasting impact on Legion
• History Channel presents 'WWII in HD'
• Slideshow: Monuments of Honor
• National WWII Museum opens new attractions
• 1927 National Convention in Paris
• WWII Museum unveils latest additions

Membership & Post Activities

• American, Canadian military veterans join hands
• Hill offering District Christmas Bonus
• New York City Veterans Day Parade 2009
• Wounded troops tour USS New York
• NYC Post 1870 hosts Marines

National Security

• Commentary: Be thankful for our troops
• Skelton concerned about detainees in civilian courts
• Hill comes away from Bethesda impressed
• USS New York a 'symbol of this city'
• USS New York commissioned into U.S. fleet

Oratorical Contest

• 2007 Oratorical champ shining at NYU

Scouting

• Scouts nationwide eager to support troops
• Michigan Legionnaire and son earn Boy Scouts heroism awards

The Job Front

• Online professional networking

Troop Support

• Connecticut post keeps local soldiers in touch with their families
• A Wounded Soldier's Wish
• Legion to donate $3,800 to Fort Hood
• Camo Quilts comfort troops
• Sending holiday gifts to the troops
• COP Keating iPods reach soldiers
• Legion raises funds for recovering heroes
• NYC Veterans Day parade expects 20,000
• COP Keating troops to receive $100,000
• Legion responds to Fort Hood tragedy
• Legion College grads donate to Wounded Warrior Project

VA Volunteer Services

• Staff hits Washington Mall for outreach effort
• Habitat for Humanity partners with The American Legion

Veterans Benefits Center

• VA consolidates Cleveland health-care facilities
• VA: Military suicide rate 'unacceptable'
• 'I'm here to help'
• Legion praises passage of caregiver bill
• Dunne steps down as VA under secretary
• Three more diseases linked to Agent Orange
• Legion attends 'Time Out For Veteran's Health'
• Hill discusses vet issues at Pentagon breakfast
• Craigslist founder joins VA innovation panel
• Legion applauds VA five-year plan
• VA puts hold on new Agent Orange claims

Veterans Career Center

• Hill watches Obama sign vet employment order
• Council of Veterans Employment is 'decent start'