U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era.
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But Boone's group says that nearly 500,000 veterans are homeless at some point in any given year, so the VA is only serving 20 percent of them.
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I read this story yesterday. It is very depressing. It is incredible to me how the Iraq war went forward with no consideration of the lives it would ruin. These vets are one manifestation, the extensive Iraqis killed are another. The scars of war will be worn by US troops and Iraqis for decades.
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