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T he O b am a ad m in istra tio n is nounced last m onth, the O bam a
launching several program s to help adm inistration says it will expand
m ilitary veterans find w ork as the o p portunities for m ilitary m edics to
president tries to show he is serious b e co m e p h y sic ia n a ssista n ts by
about creating jo b s.
providing m ore grants to universi
T he W hite H ouse said it w ants ties that help to train veterans for
co m m u n ity health centers to hire such careers.
8,000 m ilitary m edics over the next
M ore veterans are likely to look for
three years and w ill ask the centers w ork as tens o f thousands o f troops
to start reporting on the nu m b er o f return from Iraq before an end-of-
veterans that they em ploy. It says year deadline for their w ithdrawal.
federal agencies also will try to co n B ut, they wi 11 enter a w eak labor m ar
nect veterans to health clinics' jo b ket in which the unem ploym ent rate
o p e n in g s.
has rem ained at or above nine per
In a n o th e r n ew p ro g ra m a n cent for most o f this year.
Rights Group Applauds End of Ban
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ch ild o f longtim e v o lu n teer T.J.
B row ning, w hose son A very has
becom e active in hom eless support
activities.
H ow b a d ly are the b la n k e ts
needed? JO IN executive director
M ark Jolin says that the recent C en
sus found that 17,000 people sleep
outdoors in Portland on any given
night, and one in 10 o f these w ere
veterans.
W hile the city is ex p ected to p ro
vide som e “w arm ing shelters" d u r
ing w inter that offer em ergency shel
ter on the coldest nights, m any will
have to m ake do out o f doors, and
anything to help w ard o ff the cold
w ill be essential.
How m any blankets do they need?
"W e’re never had m ore blankets than
we could use,” Jolin told the Portland
O bserver. “O ur outreach- w orkers
w ould go out every night, with a
carload o f blankets, and each one
was given aw ay.” If they ever cam e
up with a surplus, he said, they w ould
share it with other agencies.
H istorically, JO IN has relied on
m ilitary surplus for its blankets, but
the m ilitary is using m ore o f its ow n
supplies w ith the w ars in Iraq and
A fg h an istan .
For those w ho c a n ’t m ake the
parade, blankets can be deposited
at any A -B oy Plum bing and Electric
outlet.
they are and serve th eir co u n try ,”
Frazzini said. She said, how ever,
go v ern m en t stop enforcing the law. there are still changes, w hich need
Supporters o f D o n ’t A sk, D o n ’t to be m ade in the future.
Tell claim ed that the know n pres
“O ne thing that is im portant to
ence o f gay service m em bers, both recognize is that the repeal o f ‘D o n ’t
m ale and fem ale, w ould underm ine ask, D o n ’t te ll’ im pacts gay and
unit cohesion. O pponents o f the lesbian service m em bers, but it does
law , how ever, said the ban actually not yet ensure that transgender or
d ism an tled unit m orale, and the tran s-id en tified service m em bers
policy w as both discrim in ato ry and can serve safely and o p en ly ,” she
forced the discharge o f quality o f said.
ficers.
“I w ould like to see that change
“N ow folks can be true to w ho m ade as w ell.”
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Get connected with your military
education benefits. Veterans’ benefits
advice is available every 2nd Thursday
from 8 a.m.- noon in the Student Center.
Visit pcc.edu/vets to learn more.
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