WASHINGTON -- With 27 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 too overweight or obese to qualify for the U.S. military, Congress should use the reauthorization of the child nutrition programs this year to ban junk foods in the schools and provide President Obama's request for an additional $1 billion per year to improve school meals, a group of senior retired military officers said at a news conference April 20. "Schools are a critical place...

Wisconsin service members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan during the 2009 deer hunting season could have an opportunity to catch-up this year. The Department of Natural Resources seeks to match vets with state farmers who have agricultural deer damage shooting permits. "Last year, Wisconsin had the largest operational deployment of our National Guard since World War II. More than 4,000 Wisconsin soldiers and airmen performed dangerous...