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Military spouses, service members and veterans are invited to attend the free military Spouse Symposium & Career Fair 2012 “Keeping a Career on the Move,” co-hosted by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and Blue Star Families,  9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, at the San Diego Convention Center.

It's that time again! Time to tell Blue Star Families the issues that are most important to your military family. If you are a military family member, veteran or service member, BSF would like to hear from you.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out this appearance by Tim Daly on Fox and Friends from last week.  Tim was there to promote our military family suicide prevention PSAs, produced by The Creative Coalition.

Even if you aren't a big fan of "The Twitter" you may have heard about the President's Twitter Town Hall happening today from the White House. That's right.  Today at 2pm EST, President Obama, a Twitter newbie, will be answering questions from Twitter on the economy and jobs. Our Communications Director and resident social media addict, Stephanie Himel-Nelson, will be in the White House audience for Blue Star Families.

The Mil Life on the Washington Post's website continues! This week you can chat with Capt. Paul Lester about Comprehensive Soldier Fitness and how it can help prepare your service member and family by enhancing resilience and coping skills.

Blue Star Families needs your help!  Today, Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, announced a month long campaign to highlight and support nonprofits helping military families and veterans.  Blue Star Families and three other organizations will receive more than $100,000 in craigconnects grants to support our work for military families, but we need you!

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will join ServiceNation: Mission Serve and Blue Star Families to participate in a hiring fair and service project at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, California.

These days more job seekers than ever are tapping into their social networks to look for a job. For many applicants, using social media is an excellent way to land a job or move forward in your career. However, for some applicants, using social media the wrong way can put a halt on your job search or land you in the boss’ office. Read on to learn more about the good, the bad, and the ugly regarding the use of social media to leverage your career.

Check out these wonderful videos of thanks and support for military families recorded by Military.com at the premiere of the new military family suicide prevention public service announcements from Blue Star Families and the Creative Coalition.  Military.com caught up with Alyssa Milano, Jason Biggs and Marlon Wayans at BSF's celebrity-riddled event in Washington, D.C. last week.

Senior military officials, leaders in government and business, and members of the entertainment community joined military family representatives on Thursday for the launch of a new suicide prevention PSA campaign aimed at military families and veterans.