Veterans Day should be both a time for Americans to honor the sacrifices made on their behalf and to recognize the true cost of war and its effects on service men and women.

Max Cleland wore a Mickey Mouse watch to remind himself, he said, "not to take life too seriously." It was advice from a man who had received the Bronze and Silver Stars for valor as a young U.S. Army ...

Former Senator Max Cleland of Georgia has died. He was 79 years old. He lost three limbs in Vietnam, but that didn't stop him from seeking higher office, where he advocated for veterans and people ...

Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland tried to deliver a letter protesting ads challenging John Kerry's military record to President Bush's ranch in August. Early years: Joseph Maxwell Cleland was born Aug.

Joseph "Max" Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran and former leader of the Veterans Administration whose political career spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday from congestive heart failure at his ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a Vietnam War hand grenade blast yet went on to serve as a U.S. senator from Georgia, died on Tuesday. He was 79. Cleland died at his home in ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough will be in Atlanta today to rename the Atlanta VA Medical Center for the late U.S. Sen. Max Cleland. McDonough also spoke at Cleland’s private funeral in ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad ...

As a former state commander of a major Veterans Service Organization, I know firsthand how difficult it is to obtain service records from the National Archives. That’s why, when I learned that a ...

NPR's Scott Simon marks the passing of Max Cleland, who was a U.S. Army captain and senator from Georgia. Opinion: Veteran and former senator Max Cleland has died, but his legacy lives on Max Cleland ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad ...