US President Barack Obama opened a new line of attack Tuesday against his Republican foes, unveiling a "to do list" that he said Congress should pass to bolster the US economy.

US President Barack Obama warned Americans on Saturday against unscrupulous college recruiters who he said prey on military veterans and service members considering higher education.

Tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders gathered Wednesday to honour their war dead, attending sombre dawn services and thronging veterans parades to remember those who fought.

The Libyan ministry of defence on Saturday enlisted more than 8,000 former rebels who will be trained in the protection of borders and strategic sites including the nation's vital oil installations.

The Walt Disney Company will give jobs or career opportunities to at least 1,000 returning US military veterans over the next three years, the entertainment and theme park giant said Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama honored Iraq war veterans at a special White House dinner, hailing their service throughout the nearly nine-year conflict as a model for the country.

President Barack Obama invited veterans of the US military effort in Iraq to a formal dinner at the White House Wednesday to mark the pullout of American troops there.

The Obama administration on Friday announced it would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as it relates to military benefits. The Obama administration on Friday announced that it would not defend in court the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as it relates to military benefits. Last fall, a group of married gay service members and veterans sued in federal court for spousal benefits. The 1996 DOMA bars the military from recognizing the legal marriages of gay troops. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner that the Justice Department agreed with the plaintiffs that a section of DOMA is unconstitutional. The Obama administration announced nearly a year ago that the DOJ would no longer defend DOMA. House Republicans, led by Boehner, moved to fill the legal void, setting aside up to $1.5 million to defend the law. Holder reiterated on Friday that the administration would continue to enforce the law. ?The legislative record of these provisions conta

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co plans to hire 5,000 U.S. military veterans over the next five years and to invest $580 million to expand its aviation footprint in the United States this year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The monthly budget deficit narrowed to $27.4 billion in January from $49.8 billion in the same month a year earlier, partly because some benefit payments normally made in January were shifted to December, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said.

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis on Saturday cheering on marchers in a parade honoring veterans of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation's first major welcome to soldiers since the end of the Iraq War.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Weeks after their eviction from several area encampments, anti-Wall Street activists in San Francisco, including a former Pacific Stock Exchange president, are vowing to disrupt the city's financial district on Friday with a series of protests.

Vaughn Howard, who spent more than six years in the US Marines and was wounded in Iraq, has now joined the tens of thousands of fellow veterans fighting to re-enter the American job market.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Weeks after their eviction from several area encampments, anti-Wall Street activists in San Francisco, including a former Pacific Stock Exchange president, are vowing to disrupt the city's financial district on Friday with a series of protests.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of a class of anti-anxiety drugs fell during the past decade among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, a large U.S. study shows.

Tears streamed unashamedly down the face of Steven Farquhar as he hugged his small children at a welcome home ceremony after his fourth -- and final -- deployment to Iraq.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused devotee of the late Islamist militant leader Anwar al-Awlaki will wait until January to learn whether he will be indicted on New York state terrorism charges, prosecutors and his lawyer said on Monday.

ON MONDAY, President Obama signed into law provisions of the American Jobs Act to help unemployed veterans. The measures had broad bipartisan support and provide significant tax credits to businesses that hire those who have returned from war; additional credits are given to those who hire ``wounded warriors.'' At a time when there is little agreement on war policy, the tax code, or how to solve joblessness in the broader population, the passage of this bill - signed just as the supercommittee was throwing in the towel - was a welcome sign that progress is possible.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a measure aimed at helping military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan get jobs, and repealing certain payments required of government contractors.