HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS TO HOLD HEARING Veterans Affairs Secretary Nicholson Will Testify Washington, D.C. Tomorrow, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will hold a hearing to examine supplemental healthcare funding for the VA for FY 2005 and implication for FY 2006. Last week, during a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing, held to [...]
CHAIRMAN BUYER SUPPORTS FUNDING VETERANS EMPLOYMENT H.R. 3010, Department of Labor Appropriations Bill Passes House Washington, D.C. Today, Chairman Steve Buyer of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs urged colleagues to recognize the importance of getting veterans good jobs by supporting two programs that have proven beneficial to our returning servicemembers and homeless veterans. I [...]
Japan emperor on Saipan to mourn WW II dead SAIPAN – Japanese Emperor Akihito began a pilgrimage to the site of one of World War II’s most decisive battles on Monday to pay tribute to those who died in a conflict that still haunts Tokyo’s ties with Asian neighbors, 60 years after its end. The [...]
Coming Home Homecoming is the easy part. It’s the journey to come that’s the challenge. MSNBC TV premiere’s “Coming Home” on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET Beyond the homecoming parades and yellow ribbons, a quiet struggle rages on the homefront as the roughly one million men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
Polls finds Americans opposed The Draft7 out of 10 oppose DraftResistance.org offers 7 reasons NOT to register Americans overwhelmingly oppose reinstatement of the military draft and most say they wouldn’t encourage their children to enlist in the service either, an AP-Ipsos poll found. That resistance underscores the dilemma facing the Bush administration as it struggles [...]
Veterans Affairs faces $1 billion shortfall The Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress that its health care costs grew faster than expected and left a $1 billion hole in its budget this year, lawmakers said Thursday. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer, the Republican from Indiana, said the department can meet this year’s health [...]
Is it getting too late for apologies? by Robert Schneider Dear President G.W. Bush: This concerns my attempts to get an apology from Japan. It appears that Congress is closed to mail ( both in and out ) on the subject of “An Apology from Japan “. I was expecting to receive assistance from a large, [...]
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS HEARING FINDS FLAWS IN VA HEALTHCARE COST MODELING Hearing determines VA healthcare forecasting led to funding gaps Washington, D.C. In a Committee hearing today on veterans’ healthcare cost forecasting, Chairman Buyer uncovered key weaknesses in the processes used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to predict healthcare demand and shape budgets. [...]
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS HELD MARKUP OF H.R. 1220 AS AMENDED H.R. 1220, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost- of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs marked up the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005. H.R. 1220, as amended, which would provide, effective December 1, 2005, a cost-of-living [...]
GALLANTRY AT TIME OF WAR IS GENDER-BLIND Should Women Participate in Combat? Is this Still an Issue? By Diane M. Grassi I’d give anything to have 10 minutes with Sam now. But I don’t think she should be limited by politics. It’s equality and it’s choice. Those are the words of Bob Huff, who is [...]
Vietnam Vet interrupts U.S.-Vietnam friendship meeting‘That’s life,’ Vietnamese PM says after incident WASHINGTON – That’s life, Vietnam’s prime minister said after security officers hustled a balding, shouting protester believed to be a Vietnam veteran away from the head table at a gala dinner celebrating friendship between Vietnam and its one-time enemy, the United States. The [...]
Censored Japan A-bomb stories publishedBanned reports detail Nagasaki’s ‘disease X’ TOKYO, Japan – Censored stories written by an American journalist who sneaked into Japan soon after Nagasaki was leveled by a U.S. atomic bomb have surfaced six decades later. They offer an unflinching account about the “wasteland of war” and its radiation-sickened inhabitants. The national [...]
Schools and Military Face OffPrivacy rights clash with required release of student information When Capt. Larry Dibble wanders into Greece Olympia High School, just outside Rochester, he is greeted with smiles and handshakes. Teachers invite him into their classrooms to talk to students about joining the Marine Corps. The school provides an almost-complete list of [...]
Vietnam, U.S. find common groundPrime minister discusses goals before historic visit HANOI – Once enemies in battle, Vietnam and the United States will cooperate in the exchange of intelligence on terrorism and transnational crime, and Vietnam will send military officers for training in the United States, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said Thursday on the [...]
The Annual Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance So What is Flag Day…….June 14th? Annual Pause For the Pledge of Allegiance Flag Day USA June 14, 7:00 p.m. EDT At 7:00 p.m. (EDT) on Flag Day, June 14, Americans all across the nation will pause to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. While [...]
HOUSE VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS HELD HEARING Washington, D.C. Today, the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) held a hearing to consider draft legislation to amend the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program; the Traumatic Injury Protection provisions in PL 109-13; and [...]
CONGRESSMAN BUYER DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM ILLINOIS SENATOR Comments from Senator Richard Durbin irks VA Committe Comparison of U.S. Soldiers to the Nazis is irresponsible and dangerous Washington, D.C. Sparked by recent comments from Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), Congressman Steve Buyer (IN-04), Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, called on the Senator to apologize to [...]
‘Operation Babylift’ orphans return to Vietnam HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – Thirty years ago, they left as tiny children aboard a desperate flight from war-torn Vietnam. On Wednesday, they returned as 21 grown men and women, visiting their now-peaceful homeland to commemorate the first of the “Operation Babylift” flights that eventually took 3,000 Vietnamese [...]
While home buyers cheer the bargain borrowing costs, some economists admit to being puzzled and concerned. If mortgage rates keep sliding, they will pump up any bubble. But if rates snap up suddenly, a bubble could pop, with both prices and investment dropping sharply, hurting many borrowers and investors. Global financial markets, not any government [...]
Who’s hiring now?Here’s the percentage of employers who expect to hire more workers in the third quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis. Sector % Construction 27% Education 17% Finance, insurance and real estate 19% Manufacturing — durables 20% Manufacturing — non-durables 18% Mining 20% Public administration 15% Services 20% Transportation and public utilities 21% Wholesale [...]
HOUSE VETERANS’ AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS HELD MARKUP Veterans March on Washington and Meet with Chairman Buyers Washington, D.C.Today, Chairman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a markup of H.R. 1220, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005. The bill [...]
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