Boxer says she was getting frantic calls from troops coming back from the wars.
Experts say that Peacock's profile is similar to that of many female veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a result, veterans often suffer the personal effects of combat in silence. 20 percent of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or serious depression.
Earlier this year, the unemployment rate for both male and female vets from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was significantly higher than that of nonveterans, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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And finally, my plan will use the savings from ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to put our people back to work doing some nation-building here at home, repairing roads, fixing bridges, building schools all across America.
The merger, assuming it goes through, would reduce the number to three, and possibly give the combined company enough market power to escape from the price wars that have had the area's four players beating each other up for years.
Set between the original Star Wars film trilogy and the prequels, the time period allows for all sorts of potential appearances from classic figures from the Star Wars universe.
The Tsarnaevs are originally from the embattled Russian republic of Chechnya but fled from the brutal wars there in the 1990s.
Han Solo is one of the best-known character from the Star Wars franchise.
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These debates over policy are inseparable from the turf wars between the European institutions and between the various governments.
"Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything, " Mr. Andreotti once said.
Mr Armitage has penned a version of Homer's second epic which deals with the long-delayed homecoming of Odysseus from the Trojan wars.
Films built around existing characters from the Star Wars universe are being developed alongside the new trilogy of films, the Disney studio has revealed.
The Dejarik Holochess game from Star Wars The table has a round, black and white checkered dartboard-like top, made up of 25 segments, resting on a single cylindrical leg.
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"Gayle was working to help little children with disabilities - some blind, some deaf, some with no limbs - including victims of the many landmines from the many wars in Afghanistan, " she said.
Places like Laos, whose territory is still littered with munitions from the hot wars in Indochina, will have difficulty meeting the five-year target for clearing up unexploded ordnance, let alone finding money to pay for it.
Most tourists go to see the Tomb of the Unknowns, where an honour guard stands day and night over the remains of four unknown soldiers of later days: one each from the two world wars, the Korean war and the Vietnam war.
Let me start by conveying a critical lesson I learned from the mobile device wars.
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Even veterans from the more popular wars did not see instant celebrations upon returning home.
Croatia split from Yugoslavia in the wars of the 1990s, and is currently going through a painful transition into a market economy.
As the military withdraws from its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the guide postulates a smaller footprint in counter-terrorism, but with a wider reach.
Once full of fuel for the British fleet, the former pump house is today full of exhibits and objects from both world wars, including many salvaged from the wrecks.
He was speaking about one of the most controversial wars in history from the nation in which the war has been waged.
But, although it resembles the "Millennium Falcon" from "Star Wars", the "Orsos Island" is unable to reach tropical destinations at lightening speed, as its diminutive diesel engines are equipped for short journeys only.
Housing starts provide another example: before the crisis they had topped 2 million during some months, something that had only happened twice before (after the Korean War as veterans from two wars came back, and in the mid-80s when the Fed lowered rates, Blitzer explained).
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The economies of many military-heavy areas received a boost from the past decade's wars, maintaining stronger growth than their neighbors during the recession and recovery thanks to federal dollars.
And from the initial success of Street Wars, it expects a larger share of its revenue in the future to come from sales of virtual goods in its games.
He earned 107th place on the Forbes 400 mostly from the sales of Star Wars-based merchandise.
Giffords left the Tucson hospital in an ambulance escorted by police and a group of motorcyclists from the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He also pushed for Congress to establish a jobs program for veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars originally announced earlier this year.
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